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  • pernickety — [[t]pə(r)nɪ̱kɪti[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe someone as pernickety, you think that they pay too much attention to small, unimportant details. [BRIT, INFORMAL] Customs officials can get extremely pernickety about things like that …   English dictionary

  • pernickety/persnickety — fussy, critical of details, perfectionistic    When Dale was teenager, he was pernickety about his hair …   English idioms

  • pernickety — adjective BrE informal 1 worrying too much about small and unimportant things; fussy (1); persnickety (1) AmE 2 difficult to do because you have to deal with a lot of small objects; fiddly (1): Changing this fridge lightbulb is a pernickety job …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • pernickety — per|nick|e|ty [pəˈnıkıti US pər ] adj BrE informal [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: Perhaps from particular] worrying too much about small and unimportant things = ↑fussy …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • pernickety — UK [pə(r)ˈnɪkətɪ] / US [pərˈnɪkətɪ] adjective British informal worried or complaining about details that do not matter …   English dictionary

  • nice — 1 Nice, dainty, fastidious, finicky, finicking, finical, particular, fussy, squeamish, persnickety, pernickety can all mean exacting or displaying exacting standards (as in selection, judgment, or workmanship). Nice (see also CORRECT, DECOROUS)… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • List of Mr. Men — The following is a list of Mr. Men, from the children s book series by Roger Hargreaves, also adapted into the children s television programme The Mr. Men Show. Books one (Mr. Tickle) to forty three (Mr. Cheerful) were written by Hargreaves, and… …   Wikipedia

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  • wowser — The term wowser surely one of the most impressive and expressive of Australian coinages is used to express healthy contempt for those who attempt to force their own morality on everyone. The person who abstains from alcohol (for whatever reason)… …   Australian idioms

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