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peanut gallery

NOUN
worst seats; source of insignificant criticism
Synonyms
WEAK
botherers cheap seats hecklers interrupters paradise second balcony the gods upper balcony

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And, barring a stunning comeback, McIlroy will have the best possible response to the peanut gallery: for the second time in his career, he’ll have won the Ryder Cup on American turf.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 27, 2025

Musk and his peanut gallery crowed that this represented a victory, but it’s hardly that.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2024

"There are now endless opportunities for a peanut gallery to form. At the end of the day, is it better just to move on?"

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2022

Failing to move a season's action quickly enough brings vociferous complaints from the peanut gallery.

From Salon • Dec. 6, 2021

A nonrestrictive relative clause is set offby commas, dashes, or parentheses, and expresses a comment from the peanut gallery, as in The pair of shoes, which cost five thousand dollars, was hideous.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker