mall ninja

English

Noun

mall ninja (plural mall ninjas)

  1. (derogatory, informal) A person who claims to be an expert on weaponry and likes to brag about their supposed expertise.
    • 2002 September 13, "Rawhide Clyde", “Re: Are Striders worth their price?”, in rec.knives, Usenet‎:
      I own a Strider [knife]. Nope, I'm not a mall ninja or secret squirrel but it gives me pleasure to own them.
    • 2005 April 30, Mike Kelly, “Re: I got to stay out of the politic groups...”, in talk.politics.guns, Usenet‎:
      I too abandoned those groups. Granted, I was one who had my mind made up for the most part, but not entirely. I just grew frustrated with the kindergarten sophistry, mall ninja bravado, and so on.
    • 2007, Patrick Sweeney, The Gun Digest Book of the AR-15, Volume 2‎, Gun Digest Books, →ISBN, page 219:
      No big deal, unless you're anal about being mil-spec "correct" to impress your mall ninja buddies.
    • 2008 March 6, "WuzYoungOnceToo", “Re: Hey pickle! try again”, in rec.gambling.poker, Usenet‎:
      You know...like the delusion that you were ever a LEO [law enforcement officer], while you sound far more like a frustrated mall ninja.

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