blindsider

English

Etymology

blindside +‎ -er

Noun

blindsider (plural blindsiders)

1. One who or that which blindsides.
   • 2012, Jonathan Gifford, Blindsided: Is our irrational behaviour actually rational?, page 4:

     This, as we shall see, is one of the easiest ways for us to be blindsided. Chapter 2 exposes another set of perennial blindsiders: bubbles and crashes. Surely we have seen enough of these to recognise a new bubble when it comes our way?

   • 2018, Jo Brand, Born Lippy: How to Do Female:

     I love Mumsnet because it is a rich tapestry of modern mothering with some hilarious blindsiders thrown in. In some ways the posts on Mumsnet are a bit like tabloid newspapers because they need to catch the eye for people to answer.