petty paraphrasing

to state something written or spoken in different words, especially in a shorter and simpler form to make the meaning clearer but with emotions moreso than logic

Person One: How would you paraphrase the book, “Old Yeller?”
Person Two: kid murks his dog because it had rabies and the kid didn’t even try to take the dog to a veterinary clinic!
Person One: There’s more to the book than that!
Person Two: You said paraphrase, you didn’t say anything about petty paraphrasing!

by Sarahsmile86 May 21, 2023

jacob petty

Petty guy named Jacob. Human Bowlimg Ball

Don't be such a jacob petty

by Totally accurate definition July 13, 2017

Petty Package

A group of casually single girls who

Like to indulge in Petty conversations.

“Girl the petty package is talking shit again”

by Petty package October 19, 2017

petty russ

A person who is just the simplest of being petty; the state of being an asshole

John is being such a petty Russ

by Barack Obama son December 20, 2016

Wordplay Petty

Rated "Class IV" on the Petty Scale, Wordplay Petty is the act of intentionally misconstrueing a normal word or phrase in order to completely change the meaning of the statement. This is typically done on the fly.

Z: You can see into my house! I hate this wide peephole!!!

M: You hate white people??

Z: I hate Wordplay Petty.. -_-

by MTrain84 March 21, 2017

Petty Purge

when someone ends a relationship, especially someone met from a dating app, you simply destroy the contact information and any images associated with that person

that guy she met from the dating app ended the relationship so she petty purged his contact, facebook, instagram, and all pics they had together

by npgandlove March 7, 2021

Petty racism

When someone takes a joke/ satire and fucking calls it racism or when someone acts like it's the most racist thing that's ever been said when it isn't.

Paul called Sarah racist because white people weren't her type Sarah called that "petty racism"

Shannon called Sophie racist for calling her a black female so Sophie said "petty racism"

by Idiot's January 10, 2021