grammar Nazi

See also: grammar nazi

English

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Etymology

1991, grammar +‎ Nazi (“one who imposes one's views on others; one who is considered unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict”)

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹæmə(ɹ) ˈnɑːtsi/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹæmɚ ˈnɑːtsi/, /ˈɡɹæmɚ ˈnætsi/
  • Audio (General Australian):(file)
  • Hyphenation: gram‧mar Nazi

Noun

grammar Nazi (plural grammar Nazis)

  1. (slang, idiomatic, potentially offensive, humorous, see usage note at Nazi) A person who habitually criticizes the grammar and (often) usage in others' speech or writing, often in ways that are sometimes not even linguistically accurate.
    Synonyms: grammar cop, grammar police, grammando
    Hypernyms: grammarian < person
    He had to explain that the grammar Nazi's tantrum was mistaken because interposing an adverb to fall between the components of a to-infinitive is usually not wrong in English grammar.

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