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Nitpicking

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The painstaking process of removing nits (lice eggs) from someone's hair. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors, particularly if the pointed-out details seem insignificant or irrelevant to all but the finder. broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable

    ""Of all life's pleasures, I like nitpicking the best." -- Wally in Dilbert"

Etymology

From nit + picking.

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