grammar Nazi

See also: grammar nazi

English

Alternative forms

• grammarnazi
• grammar nazi
• grammar-nazi

Etymology

1990, grammar +‎ Nazi (“one who imposes one's views on others; one who is considered unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict”)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹæmə(ɹ) ˈnɑːtsi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹæmɚ ˈnɑːtsi/, /ˈɡɹæmɚ ˈnætsi/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Hyphenation: gram‧mar Nazi

Noun

grammar Nazi (plural grammar Nazis)

1. (slang, idiomatic, potentially offensive, humorous, see usage note at Nazi) A person who habitually criticizes the grammar and (often) usage in others' speech or writing, often in ways that are not even linguistically accurate anyway.

   Synonyms: grammar cop, grammar police, grammando

   Hypernyms: grammarian, < person

   He had to explain that the grammar Nazi's tantrum was mistaken because interposing an adverb to fall between the components of a to-infinitive is usually not wrong in English grammar.

Derived terms

• grammar Nazism

 

Translations

person who habitually corrects or criticizes the perceived incorrect language usage of others

• Catalan: talibà ortogràfic
• Dutch: taalnazi (nl)
• Estonian: tähenärija
• Finnish: pilkunnussija (fi), kielipoliisi (fi), kielioppinatsi
• French: ayatollah de l’orthographe m, ayatollah de la grammaire m
• German: Sprachpolizei (de) f
• Hungarian: nyelvtannáci (hu)
• Indonesian: polisi bahasa
• Polish: gramatyczny nazista m
• Portuguese: professor pasquale m (Brazil)
• Russian: граммар-на́ци (ru) m or f (grammar-náci)
• Spanish: talibán ortográfico m
• Swedish: språkpolis (sv) c, språkfascist (sv)
• Turkish: imla polisi, dil polisi
• Vietnamese: cảnh sát chính tả (vi)
• Welsh: heddlu iaith m

References

• Where does grammar Nazi come from? (dictionary.com)