Word of the day - PEDANTIC

The word today is Pedantic 

Pedantic is an adjective and from my research means the following:

- To voice a narrow viewpoint, often trivial, for adherence to "rules".

- A desire to focus on or to be overly concerned with points of order.

- In modern parlance: to cross every T and dot every I is pedantic.

A person said to be pedantic is being spoken of with distain. 

You are known as a pedant if your behaviour is pedantic.

Pedantic people may be "clever clogs", "smart-arses" or "busy-bodies".

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