quarterbacking
(US) The action of making criticisms after the event.
Seen in the wild
This is an evolution on 'you were right too early': now it's 'neither you nor anyone else was right at the time and it's Monday morning quarterbacking to say otherwise.'
I don't think this is an issue of Monday morning quarterbacking. There were good, rational and historically based reasons to go after Trump harder, and people made a persuasive case for it This is one side of the arg…
Pisses me off about all the armchair quarterbacking about a very decent president and, just to mention as well a vice president in Joe Biden! Republicans fuck shit up and Dems fix shit.
Definitions
(US) The action of making criticisms after the event.
Plenty of past seasons’ events could look ill-conceived in the critical eye of Monday-morning quarterbacking, but previously, the show had earned the benefit of the doubt that missteps on the part of supposedly intelligent characters wer…
“This is an evolution on 'you were right too early': now it's 'neither you nor anyone else was right at the time and it's Monday morning quarterbacking to say otherwise.'”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I don't think this is an issue of Monday morning quarterbacking. There were good, rational and historically based reasons to go after Trump harder, and people made a persuasive case for it This is one side of the argument being wrong, not a hindsight 20/20 issue 1/6”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Pisses me off about all the armchair quarterbacking about a very decent president and, just to mention as well a vice president in Joe Biden! Republicans fuck shit up and Dems fix shit.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
Comments
(American football) The act of playing as a quarterback.
Plenty of past seasons’ events could look ill-conceived in the critical eye of Monday-morning quarterbacking, but previously, the show had earned the benefit of the doubt that missteps on the part of supposedly intelligent characters wer…
Quarterbacking means: The act of playing as a quarterback.. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. It is sporting vocabulary and harmless in itself. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.
quarterbacking means: The act of playing as a quarterback.. Register: neutral, standard English. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself. A formal-English equivalent (a synonym or descriptive phrase) is usually safer in writing. When in doubt, paraphrase rather than reuse the slang form.
Comments
Have a better definition?
Add your own interpretation of "quarterbacking".
🗺️About Regional & Other slang
Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
See all Regional & Other slang on Slangora.
Tags
Other words near "quarterbacking" (Q)
Browse all slang words starting with Q.
Related terms
People also read
Semantically related
- Monday-morning quarterback76%
(idiomatic, transitive) To criticize with hindsight.
- Monday-morning quarterback75%
(US, idiomatic) Someone who criticizes with hindsight.
- armchair quarterback74%
(metaphorical, colloquial, idiomatic, chiefly, US) A person who criticizes something in which they are not involved and lack expertise.
- armchair quarterback71%
(colloquial, idiomatic, chiefly, US) A person who watches sports on television, typically American football, who often verbally suggests plays or critiques the players and coaches.