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• s  (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant
  they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety
• s  characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details
  a persnickety job
  a persnickety school teacher

• And always the adapters must worry not just about satisfying those persnickety readers but also about pleasing the audience ignorant of the book.
• O'Brian readers are legion and can be persnickety.
• Read between the lines, asking yourself if the writer shares your mind-set, or if a negative review is the result of a persnickety traveler or a singular bad experience.

• bigheaded
• snooty
• snot-nosed
• snotty
• stuck-up
• too big for one's breeches
• uppish
• pernickety

News & Articles

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• Mad Men: The Other Bob Benson Shoe Drops
  [Spoilers for those who haven’t seen tonight’s episode.] Last week we saw Bob Benson give Pete Campbell a loaded knee-nudge of dedication, sparking a display of panic and disgust that was filled with even more persnickety-Pete righteousness than most previous Campbell high-water marks. So was this all there was to ... More »
  June 17, 2013 - Vulture
• Mad Men: The Other Bob Benson Shoe Drops
  [Spoilers for those who haven’t seen tonight’s episode.] Last week we saw Bob Benson give Pete Campbell a loaded knee-nudge of dedication, sparking a display of panic and disgust that was filled with even more persnickety-Pete righteousness than most previous Campbell high-water marks. So was this all there was to ... More »
  June 17, 2013 - Vulture

Quotes

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• Morrissey in New York Times
  We used to be very persnickety about spectators sitting down during play, but a few years ago, we began to take a more liberal view of what the fans can and cannot do,Morrissey said. "It was less, 'Quiet please,' because that sounded like...
• Ewan McGregor in New York Times (blog)
  In one respect, he's very persnickety and picky,McGregor says. "He's a perfectionist visually - he would spend 15, 20 minutes rearranging books on a bookshelf. He was very particular about how things looked. If we started shooting and the...