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peevers
/ ˈpiːvərz /
noun
dialect, (functioning as singular) hopscotch
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Word History and Origins
Origin of peevers1
from peever (the stone used in the game), of obscure origin
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Example Sentences
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But the writers I have in mind are the purists—also known as sticklers, pedants, peevers, snobs, snoots, nit- pickers, traditionalists, language police, usage nannies, grammar Nazis, and the Gotcha!
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In some ways language bullies are putting on a show for other persnickety peevers.
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"Grammar peevers" in projects such as the Apostrophe Protection Society see "a connection between secure syntax and moral excellence", Hitchings argues.
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