Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
From nut + pick.
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| nutpicks | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| nut pick | alternative | lexicographic |
Blend of nut + nitpick; see nut (“crazy person”). Coined by a commenter in 2006 and popularized by Kevin Drum.
The blog-era term "nutpicking", which refers to cherry-picking the worst or nuttiest comments to disparage a larger group ("liberals", "conservatives", "feminists") by falsely implying the views are widely-held within the group, needs to be revived. It's very common on Twitter.[2018 April 23, Nate Silver, Twitter:
Nutpicking has gotten easy over the last few years–just check out the Twitter feeds of Teanderthal Members of Congress.2014 January 29, mistermix, “Notes from Last Night’s Putsch”, in Balloon Juice:
If there’s a right-wing analog to the Media Matters machine, it often comes in the ongoing effort to “nutpick” radical professors, highlight their most ridiculous (and often years-old) comments, and try to drive them out of their jobs.2019 March 18, David French, “There’s a Fake Outrage Machine on the Right, Also”, in National Review:
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| nutpicking | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| nutpicks | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| nutpicked | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| nutpicked | Tense=Past | lexicographic |