• Nitpicking

    Alternative forms

    Origin

    nit + picking

    Full definition of nitpicking

    Noun

    nitpicking

    (uncountable)
    1. The painstaking process of removing nits (lice eggs) from someone's hair.
    2. (figuratively, by extension) 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."Of all life's pleasures, I like nitpicking the best." -- Wally (Dilbert character) in
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