arguing semantics
- nitpickingExcessive focus on trivialities
- pedanticExcessively concerned with minor rules
- quibblingPetty objection-raising
- hairsplittingExcessive focus on minutiae
- technicalityPrecise procedural point
definitions · meaning · wordplay · nuance · parsing · debating · bickering · literal · interpretation · dictionary · precise · fussy · lawyer · loophole · caviling · splitting hairs · petty · academic
communication style
arguing semanticsstraight talk
Honest, direct communication
calling a spade a spade · getting down to business · clarity