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petticulous 

Used to describe a person place or thing that over exaggerates something of little importance or significance to something of greater meaning. So exaggerated and blown up to the point that it doesn't make any sense. Petty and Ridiculous. Also used to describe something that is extremely uncalled for or "doing the most
Kanye West is so petticulous for what he did to Taylor Swift.

petty ridiculous
petticulous by Tae-Tae22 August 19, 2016
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Petticulous

A blend of "petty" and "meticulous." Used to describe someone who pays an absurd, obsessive, and unnecessary amount of attention to tiny, completely insignificant details, usually driven by a petty mind, narrow-mindedness, or a need for micromanagement.
Manager: "You used the wrong shade of blue for the bullet points in this internal memo. Please redo all 50 pages."

Employee: "Stop being so petticulous, Dave. No one cares about the bullet points!"
Petticulous by Mimeeko June 22, 2026

Particulous 

Particulous Adj. Par-tick-you-luss;

To be overly concerned with details that are of little consequence to anything except to the inner workings of the particulous person's own mind.
Bob is very Particulous. Bob is deeply concerned with the fact that one cylinder head on his BMW motorcycle is further forward than the other one. Bob is also deeply concerned by the asymmetric quantity of cooling fins on the left and right cylinders. This worry is exacerbating the idea that one foot might end up warmer than the other from the proximity of the cylinders to his feet, not to mention the differential in heat exchange from the swept area of the heat radiating surfaces.
Particulous by QFW181 August 20, 2020

ploticulous 

When a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose in a storyline of a TV show or movie is so absurd, preposterous, or silly that it is unworthy of serious consideration.
Usually leads the viewer into a fit of yelling at the movie/show, sometimes throwing things in frustration.
"So the Joker really arranged a big truck chase just so that he could get caught and go to prison, then he could kidnap a guard and grab his phone to make the call to set off the bomb he'd previously sewn inside the henchman in the next cell? That's ploticulous."
ploticulous by angieledbetter February 23, 2009

particulous 

- adjective
1. Something that's particularly ridiculous.
2. Extremely ridiculous.
That fact that US solders can give their lives for their country at age 18, but are not legally allowed to drink alcohol is utterly particulous.
particulous by Rod A. October 27, 2007

pomticulous 

That burger was pomticulous
pomticulous by Jiggarew October 22, 2020

pediculous

(a) To be infested with headlice.
(b) A word nobody knows and few can spell.
Can you spell Pediculous?
pediculous by Hundekuchen October 18, 2004
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