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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
nitpick .
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Examples
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It was reading a comment that "nitpicked" the word "union", actually, that made me wish there was a term and definition for that argumentative strategy, an easy reference point so that when you run into an example of it, you could just say, no, that's ... whatever.
Arguing With Geeks 2 Hal Duncan 2009
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He said he's tired of being "nitpicked" about Colvin, who was not in the lineup Friday against the White Sox.
Cubs Manager Lou Piniella Rips Baseball Analyst Steve Stone: 'I'm Not A Damn Dummy' (VIDEO) 2010
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He said he's tired of being "nitpicked" about Colvin, who was not in the lineup Friday against the White Sox.
Cubs Manager Lou Piniella Rips Baseball Analyst Steve Stone: 'I'm Not A Damn Dummy' (VIDEO) 2010
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Tyler Colvin, saying he's tired of being "nitpicked" and is "not a damn dummy."
ESPN.com 2010
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White Sox-Cubs game two weeks ago for questioning his handling of rookie OF Tyler Colvin, saying he's tired of being "nitpicked" and is "not a damn dummy."
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Both can be nitpicked to death but they were bold and beautiful and captured the messy, morally cluttered zeitgeist.
GTA IV And The Dark Knight: Films And Games In 2008 SVGL 2009
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In any case, if ever a blog was born to be nitpicked, it is this one.
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This seems eminently better than having career bureaucrats making choices on a short-term horizon and getting nitpicked for every mistake.
Todd Moss: What the Solyndra Scandal Can Tell Us About Fixing Our Broken Aid System Todd Moss 2011
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We'd heard Gaffney, on Fox News, talking about how Janet Napolitano and other cabinet members were fervently pro-Muslim Brotherhood and pro-Sharia, and we chuckled about our meeting with her--she really was a pushover--but you know who fought us tooth and nail, I mean just about nitpicked us to death?
John Eskow: Commie Sharia Law IS Coming to America. So What Exactly is the Problem? John Eskow 2011
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We'd heard Gaffney, on Fox News, talking about how Janet Napolitano and other cabinet members were fervently pro-Muslim Brotherhood and pro-Sharia, and we chuckled about our meeting with her--she really was a pushover--but you know who fought us tooth and nail, I mean just about nitpicked us to death?
John Eskow: Commie Sharia Law IS Coming to America. So What Exactly is the Problem? John Eskow 2011
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