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Pedantry (/ˈpɛd.ən.tri/ PED-en-try) is an
excessive concern with formalism,
minor details, and
rules that are not important. Fowler's
Concise Dictionary...
- "Petarded" is the
sixth episode of the
fourth season of the
American animated television series Family Guy. It
originally aired on Fox in the
United States...
- In psychiatry,
stilted speech or
pedantic speech is
communication characterized by
situationally inappropriate formality. This
formality can be expressed...
- Daum
Marries Her
Pedantic Automaton "George" in May 1920. John
Heartfield is very glad of it. is a
painting created by
using the
combination of pencil...
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atypical social/conversation skills,
narrowly focused interests, and wordy,
pedantic communication. They may
still require significant support in some areas...
- than
forms with "s" at the end, such as "MPs", and may
appear dated or
pedantic. In
common usage, therefore, "weapons of m**** destruction"
becomes "WMDs"...
- Additionally, many so-called
nerds are
described as
being shy, quirky,
pedantic, and unattractive.
Originally derogatory, the term "nerd" was a stereotype...
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university man. I have less fear of
Bolshies and
Fascists than I have of some
pedantic, but
vocal university professor". The
debate over the ****ure structure...
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meaningful only to the speaker;
auditory perception deficits;
unusually pedantic, formal, or
idiosyncratic speech; and
oddities in loudness, pitch, intonation...
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whose work they
attributed all that was tedious, narrow-minded, and
pedantic in
contemporary scholarship". In
their hands astute and
biting satire of...
