Hair-splittery

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of hair-splitting. informal, uncountable

    "[T]hat is the final reason we have all more or less moved on from Ginni and the is-it-a-coup-or-an-insurrection hair-splittery[.]"

Synonyms

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hair-splittinghypercriticism

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"[T]hat is the final reason we have all more or less moved on from Ginni and the is-it-a-coup-or-an-insurrection hair-splittery[.]"

Etymology

From hair + split + -ery.

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