Word: armchair
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...example: "the reading of the sports section is a tribal rite of passage for men, indicating that they, too, will take their place among the armchair major leaguers and couch/potato homerun hitters." Being a boy who has no interest in sports, I found the tone of the piece simplistic and sexist in its generalizations about...
...first interview with Richard Nixon, in his New York office in the summer of 1985, I set my tape recorder on the table beside his armchair. He stared at the machine. "That's one of those new tape recorders," he said admiringly. "They're so much better than the old tape recorders...
...sense, the reading of the sports section is a tribal rite of passage for men, indicating that they, too, will take their place among the armchair major leaguers and couch potato/homerun hitters. Grownup men never seem to lose their fantasy of major league status, even if the closest they ever came was a hit with the bases loaded in second grade Little League...
...difference between being righthanded and being lefthanded is not often thought about by the armchair athlete. Often, being lefthanded can yield the right result...
...Armchair fans like televised sports. They make Sunday afternoons more interesting and make it possible to enjoy the action without braving inclement weather or paying admission...