commafucker en · NOUN
Etymology
Calque of Finnish pilkunnussija, equivalent to comma + fucker.
Meanings
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(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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| commafuckers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |