nitpicking

See also: nit-picking

English

Alternative forms

• nit-picking

Etymology

nit +‎ picking

Noun

nitpicking (countable and uncountable, plural nitpickings)

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

• Arabic: تَمَحُّلُ النَّقْد m (tamaḥḥulu n-naqd)
• Bengali: চুলচেরা বিচার (culcera bicar)
• Danish: flueknepperi (da) m
• Dutch: muggenziften (nl) m, mierenneuken (nl)
• Finnish: niuhotus (fi), niuhottaminen (fi)
• French: pinaillerie (fr) f, pinaillage (fr) m, ergotage (fr) m, chicane (fr) f, pointilleux (fr) m, pédanterie (fr) f
• German: Pedanterie (de) f, Erbsenzählerei (de) f
• Hungarian: szőrszálhasogatás (hu)
• Icelandic: sparðatíningur m
• Italian: pignoleria (it) f, cavillosità f, pedantismo (it) m, puntigliosità (it) f
• Macedonian: ситничарење n (sitničarenje)
• Maori: totetore
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: flisespikkeri (no) n