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back-seat gaming

back-seat gaming noun: excessive commenting on the actions and decisions of someone playing a video game by a person who is not playing the game. Also the present participle and gerund of back-seat game.

Noun

back-seat gaming (uncountable)

  1. Excessive commenting on the actions and decisions of someone playing a video game by a person who is not playing the game.

Also used as

back-seat gaming is also the present participle and gerund of back-seat game.

Forms of back-seat gaming

alternative formbackseat gaming

Questions about back-seat gaming

What does back-seat gaming mean?
Back-seat gaming means excessive commenting on the actions and decisions of someone playing a video game by a person who is not playing the game.
What part of speech is back-seat gaming?
Back-seat gaming is a noun.

Words near back-seat gaming in the dictionary

  1. back-seat game
  2. back-seat gamed
  3. back-seat gamer
  4. back-seat gamers
  5. back-seat games
  6. back-seat gaming
  7. back-seat moderator
  8. back-seat moderators
  9. back-seats
  10. back-side
  11. back-sides

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