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- noun One who
nitpicks (finds fault in unimportant details).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who makes small and unjustified criticisms
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Examples
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"The ad sounds convincing -- but perhaps being a word nitpicker, the Sun does now 'might not mean much if Sun has drastically cut back due to plummeting sales," Rich Partridge, an analyst at Ideas International, said in an e-mail.
Reseller News 2009
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Candy: My review process: I read the book, dog-ear any pages with problematic passages, do research as necessary to make sure I’m not talking entirely out of my ass when I’m in nitpicker mode, then write.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » INTERVIEW: Smart Bitches Who Love Trashy Novels 2006
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I hope that answers any questions you have about the policy solutions supported by Think Progress. nitpicker says:
Matthew Yglesias » Breaking: Michelle Obama Reads Books 2010
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Posted November 30, 2006 3: 47 PM nitpicker writes: regarding the Best Way to fix Social Security.
Where Economists Agree, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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February 8th, 2010 at 2: 37 pm barfly says: nitpicker says:
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February 20th, 2010 at 3: 12 pm pags2 says: nitpicker says:
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One of the first things a true nitpicker learns (in high school English) is that this “wherefore” means “why,” not “where.”
Won’t someone please think of the adverbs? « Motivated Grammar 2009
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Unpleasantness is built into the CAG's job as the chief nitpicker of the government.
Indians Of 2010: Vinod Rai Dinesh Narayanan 2011
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DonBelacquaDelPurgatorio on Corruption and popcorn nitpicker on A get together to tear it apart
Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » We are all Roger Ailes now 2010
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February 20th, 2010 at 5: 03 pm ralph the wonder llama, official spokesllama for the Llama Milk Council® says: nitpicker says:
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