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Old 07-19-2005, 01:14 PM   #174 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Toxick
pedantic minutae

Good phrase! Not sure that it would apply to this thread, especially when calling someone assinine, but good word anyway! It would also help your case if you spelled minutia/minutiae correctly...

pe·dan·tic adj. Characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules: a pedantic attention to details.

mi·nu·ti·a n. pl. mi·nu·ti·ae A small or trivial detail: “the minutiae of experimental and mathematical procedure”
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