nitpicking

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Alternative forms

• nit-picking

Etymology

nit + picking

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 in Dilbert

Related terms

• nitpick
• nitpicker
• nitpicky

Translations

any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors

• Bengali: চুলচেরা বিচার (bn) (culcera bicar)
• Dutch: muggenziften (nl) m

• French: pinaillerie (fr) f, pinaillage (fr) m, ergotage (fr) m, chicane (fr) f
• Icelandic: sparðatíningur (is) m