nutpick
nutpick noun: a sharp tool used for digging the edible portion out of a nut.
Noun
nutpick (plural nutpicks)
Verb
nutpick (third-person singular simple present nutpicks, present participle nutpicking, simple past and past participle nutpicked)
- To cherry-pick poor representatives of a viewpoint (i.e., from Internet postings) in order to disparage it.
- 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
- 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
Forms of nutpick
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | nutpicks |
| alternative form | nut pick |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | nutpicks |
| present participle | nutpicking |
| past participle | nutpicked |
| past | nutpicked |
Origin of nutpick
From nut + pick.
Blend of nut + nitpick; see nut (“crazy person”). Coined by a commenter in 2006 and popularized by Kevin Drum.
Questions about nutpick
- What does nutpick mean?
- Nutpick means a sharp tool used for digging the edible portion out of a nut.
- What part of speech is nutpick?
- Nutpick can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of nutpick?
- The plural of nutpick is nutpicks.
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