Nutpick

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A sharp tool used for digging the edible portion out of a nut. US
Verb
  1. 1
    To cherry-pick poor representatives of a viewpoint (i.e., from Internet postings) in order to disparage it. Internet

    "Nutpicking has gotten easy over the last few years–just check out the Twitter feeds of Teanderthal Members of Congress."

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"Nutpicking has gotten easy over the last few years–just check out the Twitter feeds of Teanderthal Members of Congress."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From nut + pick.

Etymology 2

Blend of nut + nitpick; see nut (“crazy person”). Coined by a commenter in 2006 and popularized by Kevin Drum.

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