Definition of "pedantic" [pe•dan•tic]

• Characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules: a pedantic attention to details. (adjective)

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• "Ha, true, but then we'd have to argue over, since it's not just normal pedantic but * super pedantic*, whether my argument-escape-hatch/weasel words 'pretty close' cover my ass."
• "Egregious typos in pedantic language post = auto-pwn."
• "Not two sentences into their answer the terms pedantic and didactic were employed with professorial authority."