Doryphore (n)
d-o-ree-foor
A pedantic and annoyingly persistent critic.
As we approach our half million on Facebook we have attracted our fair number of these ha ha.
Example sentences
“Isn’t it strange how the most vocal of our government’s doryphores are curiously silent when asked what they’d do instead?”
“#SpellCheckARacist is my favourite facebook doryphore.”
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