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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Monday morning quarterbacking #134563 10/26/2004 4:49 PM Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 4 priya stranger priya stranger Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 4 Hi, Can somebody tell me about the phrase "Monday morning quarterbacking"? I came across this while I was watching CNN and looked up the meaning on the Web. I think it means "giving advice when it is no longer useful". Does anyone know the etymology of this expression? Thanks Priya Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Monday morning quarterbacking priya 10/26/2004 4:49 PM Re: Monday morning quarterbacking Owlbow 10/26/2004 5:48 PM Re: Monday morning quarterbacking Father Steve 10/26/2004 6:35 PM Re: Monday morning quarterbacking Father Steve 10/27/2004 5:25 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,359 Members9,209 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 36 A C Bowden 11 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,194 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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