Captain Obvious

English Alternative forms en Cap'n Obvious informal Etymology The title was humorously given to a U.S. Army veteran in 1926,Quora but did not become popular until the early 1990s. Pronunciation kăpˌ-tən-ŏbˈ -vēəs -tĭn- en /ˌkæptɪn ˈɒbviəs/ /-ən -/ UK en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Captain Obvious.wav Southern England en /ˌkæptən ˈɑbviəs/ US Noun Captain Obvious Captains Obvious en humorous usually pejorative or sarcastic Someone who makes superfluously obvious statements or who has just made one. en master of the obvious en Thank you, Captain Obvious! 1994, L. E. Blair, Drummer Girl (Girl Talk series, vol. 12), Golden Books Publishing, 0307220125, 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. en 1995 Rob Stokes and the Minds of Quirk eMarketing http://books.google.com.br/books?id=O2wSAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA82#v=onepage&q&f=false 9785880180226 82 Рипол Классик Text links, by their very nature, contain text (thank you, Captain Obvious). en 1998 David Groth A+: Core Module Study Guide Sybex 0782123449 http://books.google.com/books?as_q=&num=10&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=Captain+Obvious&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_libcat=0&as_brr=0&lr=&as_vt=&as_auth=&as_pub=&as_sub=&as_drrb=c&as_miny=1990&as_maxy=2000&as_isbn= 189 The larger of the two specifications is known as Wide SCSI-2 because it's wider (Captain Obvious rides again). en 2002 Cathryn Michon The Grrl Genius Guide to Life HarperCollins 0060956828 http://books.google.com/books?id=wRsABCmlH94C&pg=PA145&dq=%22Captain+Obvious%22+date:2000-2002&lr=&as_brr=0&sig=BCqXPWloASiIWfd8uoFAXcXE5do 145 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. en 2002 Tee Morris; Steve Oakley Premiere 6.5 Power! Thomson Course Technology 1929685602 http://books.google.com/books?id=wxPMxkG7ukUC&pg=PA240&dq=%22Captain+Obvious%22+date:2000-2002&lr=&as_brr=0&sig=qy9xZwHfhDegxuehPVT6tQOn-P0 240 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. en w:Kaleb Nation Harken VOLT 2013 38 https://archive.org/details/harken0000kale/page/38/mode/1up 978-0-615-79929-2 “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. en Questlove [pseudonym; Ahmir K. Thompson] Evolver Revolver w:Apple Corps 2022 17 https://archive.org/details/beatles_rsd/page/n8/mode/1up 1 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. Translations someone who makes superfluous statements Catalan: ca Capità Obvi m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 明知故問的人 míngzhīgùwèn de rén Esperanto: eo Kapitano Evidenta Finnish: fi Ilmari Ilmiselvä German: de Kapitän Offensichtlich m, de Columbo m Hungarian: literal; less common hu Nyilvánvaló Kapitány, sarcastic; cf. “surprise surprise” hu milyen meglepő, hu minő meglepetés, hu csodák csodája, hu láss csodát Italian: it Capitan Ovvio mfbysense Captain Obvious, it Sherlock Holmes mfbysense, it genio genius mfbysense Kazakh: kk Капитан Айқындық Polish: pl Kapitan Oczywisty m Portuguese: pt Capitão Óbvio m Russian: ru Капита́н Очеви́дность m Spanish: es Capitán Obvio m See also en duh no duh no shit no shit Sherlock surprise surprise Queen Anne's dead water is wet where's the lie References en People