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commafucker en · NOUN

Etymology

Calque of Finnish pilkunnussija, equivalent to comma + fucker.

Meanings

  1. (Internet, derogatory, vulgar) A person who is pedantic about grammar.
    • There are far worse beings hanging around here, commafuckers whose souls are like dark paperclips - not a glint of hope for salvation. 2001 August 11, Martijn Benders, “Devil Worship, a Christian view”, in alt.arts.poetry.comments (Usenet), retrieved 04 Feb 2022:
    • I'm not a big fan of government-binding syntactic theory in its extremes, but I still don't see why Chomsky is filed under prescriptivism. He is not a prescriptivist, or even a lousy commafucker (that last phrase courtesy of Fred Landman, formerly of Cornell University). 1998 May 3, H Gilmer, “spring haiku (any haiku lovers here?)”, in rec.arts.poems (Usenet), retrieved 04 Feb 2022:
    • As a colleague commafucker though I would say that it's often better to restrain yourself :-) 2002 November 1, Maja, “depression”, in rec.arts.tv.uk.eastenders (Usenet), retrieved 04 Feb 2022:

Forms

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commafuckers Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

nitpicker · pedant · grammar Nazi