Associations to the word «Nitpicking»

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Wiktionary

NITPICKING, noun. The painstaking process of removing nits (lice eggs) from someone's hair.
NITPICKING, noun. (figuratively) (by extension) A process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors, particularly if the pointed-out details seem insignificant or irrelevant to all but the finder.

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn