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When someone takes a small subject and blows it out of proportion.

At times, making something otherwise insignificant into something bigger to suit their own agenda.
Daisy: Man, that girl is so petty. She can really make a mountain out of a mole hill.

Informed Annie: Oh Jesus, the AFA is boycotting Ford just because they posted ads in gay magazines. How petty!
petty by Little Lauren June 21, 2005
"Your mad petty for that joke"
Petty by Dfhhssfhh January 25, 2016
someone who dose things on purpose to get a reaction out of someone
lucy is so petty
petty by notgnirrak May 11, 2016
The act of doing or saying something that has little meaning/significance.

The state of "being" when one does something simply to annoy someone else
"The people in VanBuren 3 called a noise complaint on us."
"That was very petty of them"
Petty by Malcolm R April 27, 2014
Petty by Adecia February 8, 2020
The act of keeping it too real, while others find it offensive. 100% honesty, even if it's “mean.”
Alexxis, why did you say his wrinkles make him look like the grinch that stole Christmas, you're so petty!
Petty by QueenLex November 7, 2015