pedantic

Ostentatious regarding one's intelligence. Using this word also makes you this word.

Bob: I find the professor's voice mellifluous and her logic trenchant, even if a bit pedantic.

Jim: I find YOU a bit pedantic.

by bulldog4574 March 2, 2010

pedant

one who acts in the role as teacher/lecturer, often without invitation. Usually considered pejorative.

Check out that dude over there: he's a pedant. If you say the word 'grape', he'll be talking about wine for a long, long time.

by tom carbon January 31, 2010

anal pendant

Like a pearl necklace, but a single gob deposited on or near the anus.

Having already dumped a load into his cockholster, he didn't have enough in reserve to serve up a pearl necklace, so he gave her an anal pendant instead.

by Thrice Goatly December 7, 2009

pedantic

Pointing out unnecessary minutiae in order to call attention to one's pretentiousness.

I suppose you can forgive them because part of their job is paying attention to detail, but you best be pedantic as fuck if you want to fit in on an engineering team.

by Coopuh Troopuh December 6, 2016

pedanticked

When people make tiny pointless criticisms entirely missing the big picture.

I asked for high-level feedback on my paper, but instead they pedanticked the shit out of it.

by FroznMbryo February 5, 2021

pedantics

Noun (malapropism): Pedantic semantics

I do not care for your pedantics, Annie. I will use my words how I choose.

by Tastiest Avenger September 11, 2023

pedantsturbation

n. any form of mental masturbation that is particularly pedantic; for instance, officiously correcting others' trivial mistakes with no constructive purpose; also, any type of discourse that is specifically designed to impress or confuse the reader/listener with "big" words and/or fancy phraseology, particularly to disguise the fact that: a) there is no real underlying point, or b) the pedantsturbator in question cannot defend his/her position with sound logic or evidence.

basically, it's like sophistry with an added masturbatorial goal, such as oneupmanship.

those creationists sure do try, but without compelling evidence, no amount of pedantsturbation will convince me that the theory of evolution isn't valid.

by rtarbinar July 6, 2009