Meaning of Captain Obvious | Babel Free

Definitions

Someone who makes superfluously obvious statements or who has just made one.

derogatory, humorous, sarcastic, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“Thank you, Captain Obvious!”

“1994, L. E. Blair, Drummer Girl (Girl Talk series, vol. 12), Golden Books Publishing, →ISBN, page 33, "But you're a girl," the guy said in surprise. This guy was getting on my nerves. "You are Captain Obvious, aren't you?" I shot back.”

“Text links, by their very nature, contain text (thank you, Captain Obvious).”

“The larger of the two specifications is known as Wide SCSI-2 because it's wider (Captain Obvious rides again).”

“The Qiana-wearing slacker next to me poked me on the shoulder and said, "We totally knew it was you in the bathroom!" Well, thank you, Captain Obvious, I thought.”

“Hold the camera properly. No, I'm not playing Captain Obvious here, but there is a certain way to hold a DV camera to avoid jittery movement.”

““Do you know who that is?” he said, pointing both hands at the screen. / “Harold…Wolf…?” the class stated the obvious in slow, disjointed unison. Mr. Candas looked ready to jump off a roof. / “Thank you, Captains Obvious,” he murmured.”

“Captains Obvious point to Sgt. Pepper’s as the source but, in reality, it’s Revolver. It comes from here, and it goes there and everywhere.”

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