persnickety
Submitted by Guus on Tue, 02/19/2008 - 9:45am
http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/pe/persnickety.html:
1. Used colloquially of one who is overly conceited or arrogant; “a snotty little scion of a degenerate family”-Laurent Le Sage; “they’re snobs—stuck-up and uppity and persnickety”.
2. Characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details; “a persnickety job”; “a persnickety school teacher
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