A fork of Rural Dictionary
A person who claims to be an expert and markets him or herself as such, but has no discernable income or prior background being a practitioner in the subject matter they purport to represent. These individuals are usually offered talking points and a buried stipend (read: paid off) by a special interest group, such as a political party or industry lobby then go on to blog or make media appearances promoting their point of view to the detriment of people who are real-life practitioners and subject matter experts.
Andy is a pundit on technology issues but doesn't seem to have any real-world experience doing the things he promotes. Through some digging we can discover he is actually an industry shill.
A pundit is a comedian who sucks at making people laugh.
As stated by Enormo from http://www.boingboing.net/2009/03/10/nbc-stars-whimper-ab.html#comment-435381 which is in regards to Jon Stewart versus NBC's Jim Cramer and Joe Scarborough on stock losses: "Scarborough is a pundit. A pundit is a comedian who sucks at making people laugh."
A person who uses Facebook to make political comments and advocate a particular point of view. Said person is inclined to get involved in debates with other Facebook users by exchanging comments on a post.
Girl 1: What does John talk about on Facebook? Girl 2: Oh, I usually just skip over his posts. He's always talking about political stuff. He's such a Facebook pundit.