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Kibitzer can be seen as the antonym of maven. While a maven is close to a real expert, a kibitzer is an expert only in his own eyes. The word possibly derives from Yiddish kiebitzen 'to look on at cards'. The Yiddish word may be derived from the German name for a bird, the Kiebitz, 'a lapwing or pewit, reputed to be especially noisy and ... ................
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