master of the obvious
States the apparent
A master of the obvious is someone who states things everyone already knows, often with unwarranted gravity or as if delivering insight: Thanks for telling us water is wet, master of the obvious.
The phrase is gently mocking, applied to people who announce self-evident facts or explain what needs no explanation.
- no duhDismissive acknowledgment of obviousness
- humorlessnessLack of comedic sense
- literalismExact meaning only
- redundancyNeedless duplication
- breaking newsNewly unfolding events reported
water is wet · condescension · pedantry · superficiality · obliviousness · repetition · self-importance · patronizing · simplification · attention-seeking · concreteness · tautology · verbosity · explicitness · well actually · mansplaining · rigidity · monotony
master of the obviousvisionary
Imaginative planner of futures
genius · oracle · sage · deep thinker · original thinker
master of the obvioussharp eye
Ability to notice details
detective · diagnostician · cryptanalyst · Sherlock Holmes · intuitive
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