# Captain Hindsight

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A person who is happy to criticize decisions with the benefit of hindsight, but did nothing to stop those decisions being made at the time.

## Etymology
Either originated with, or popularized by, a cartoon character of the same name from the U.S. animated TV series South Park.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/captain-hindsight