nitpicker

NOUN
  1. someone who makes small and unjustified criticisms
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  • We've already had the delightful suggestion of 'precisian'; now we have 'doryphore' - 'a pedantic critic of minor errors; a nitpicker'. Times, Sunday Times
  • There is no accepted coaching category called stickler or nitpicker. NYT > Home Page
  • Well, we have words for people like that: nitpickers, fusspots, pettifoggers.
  • 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
  • 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
  • February 20th, 2010 at 5: 03 pm ralph the wonder llama, official spokesllama for the Llama Milk Council® says: nitpicker says: Think Progress » Pawlenty disregards Bachmann: ‘I don’t think anybody’s gonna’ try to ‘abolish or reduce’ entitlement programs.
  • DonBelacquaDelPurgatorio on Corruption and popcorn nitpicker on A get together to tear it apart Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » We are all Roger Ailes now
  • 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
  • February 20th, 2010 at 3: 12 pm pags2 says: nitpicker says: Think Progress » Pawlenty disregards Bachmann: ‘I don’t think anybody’s gonna’ try to ‘abolish or reduce’ entitlement programs.
  • Unpleasantness is built into the CAG's job as the chief nitpicker of the government. Indians Of 2010: Vinod Rai
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