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commafucker

commafucker noun: a person who is pedantic about grammar.

Noun

commafucker (plural commafuckers)

  1. (Internet, derogatory, vulgar) A person who is pedantic about grammar.
    • 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
    • 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

Synonyms of commafucker

Forms of commafucker

pluralcommafuckers

Origin of commafucker

Calque of Finnish pilkunnussija, equivalent to comma + fucker.

Questions about commafucker

What does commafucker mean?
Commafucker means a person who is pedantic about grammar.
What part of speech is commafucker?
Commafucker is a noun.
What is the plural of commafucker?
The plural of commafucker is commafuckers.

Words near commafucker in the dictionary

  1. commadores
  2. commaed
  3. commaes
  4. commafied
  5. commafies
  6. commafucker
  7. commafuckers
  8. commafy
  9. commafying
  10. commag
  11. Commagena

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