Connotations of “pundit”
New Kid: “Is it just me, or is pundit taking on a kind of negative connotation?”
If it is, then that’s all for the best, but the people who seem to be most under the sway of the “pundit” spell (such as, for example, the “pundits” themselves) still seem to be under the impression that it’s something good to be—if perhaps the occasion for a little phoney self-effacing humor.
So, just to make sure that lines of communication remain clear, I’ll stick to calling them “know-nothing blowhards” for the time being.
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