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Grammatical Pedantry Syndrome 

Grammatical (or grammar) pedantry syndrome is an illness or a form of obsessive-compulsive disorder where someone has a compulsive desire to correct any grammatical errors one has made and is obsessed with taking this peculiar, constant, and vexatious (from the target's perspective) action.
"Me and mark ate cookies!"
"You mean, 'Mark and I ate cookies!'"
"Stop it!"
"Sorry, I have Grammatical Pedantry Syndrome."
Related Words

comparably pedantic 

When two assholes try to out-asshole each other in an Internet bitch fight.
"If your statement was never supposed to be read as anything more than a synonym for 'Russia is not good and not our friend' then sorry for being comparably pedantic, I guess.
comparably pedantic by JormanThoad February 24, 2017
A game where you identify a sexual predator and prevent an attack. To win, threat must be eliminated
Damn, that was a good game of pedland this afternoon. Sick fuck had to learn.
pedland by Bill Schwinn July 31, 2015

Walter Pendanski 

"Then at this light just hang a Walter Pendanski, till you get to the next stop sign."
Walter Pendanski by Tim McKenna December 18, 2006

shallow and pedantic 

The words Peter Griffin uses to describe things while he is a genius, much to the annoyance of Bryan Griffin
This meat is shallow and pedantic.
Lois, your cooking is shallow and pedantic.

pedantic 

A state of mind which is about caring a lot about formalities, often more than necessary. One may be called pedantic when he/she points out corrections in unimportant details.
Okay okay, so there were five people there instead of four, no need to be pedantic. Now anyway...
pedantic by Fluid February 5, 2004