redllama.net » Word of the Day http://www.redllama.net Inside thoughts... aloud. Wed, 05 Oct 2011 04:25:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Word of the Day: niggling http://www.redllama.net/2009/08/20/word-of-the-day-niggling/ http://www.redllama.net/2009/08/20/word-of-the-day-niggling/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:55:41 +0000 Boofer http://www.redllama.net/?p=1423 Yep, it made me laugh too. And it’s not some made up racist southern word.

adj.

1. Petty, especially in a nagging or annoying way; trifling: a pointless dispute over niggling details.
2. Overly concerned with details; exacting and fussy.

niggling nig’gling n.
nigglingly nig’gling·ly adv.

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