commafucker
English
Etymology
Calque of Finnish pilkunnussija.
Noun
commafucker (plural commafuckers)
- (Internet slang, vulgar, derogatory) A person who is pedantic about grammar.
- Synonyms: grammar Nazi, nitpicker, pedant
- 1998 May 3, H Gilmer, “spring haiku (any haiku lovers here?)”, in rec.arts.poems, Usenet, retrieved 2022-02-04:
- 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).
- 2001 August 11, Martijn Benders, “Devil Worship, a Christian view”, in alt.arts.poetry.comments, Usenet, retrieved 2022-02-04:
- There are far worse beings hanging around here, commafuckers whose souls are like dark paperclips - not a glint of hope for salvation.
- 2002 November 1, Maja, “depression”, in rec.arts.tv.uk.eastenders, Usenet, retrieved 2022-02-04:
- As a colleague commafucker though I would say that it's often better to restrain yourself :-)