nits
Petty small complaints
Nits are the eggs of lice, tiny white specks that cling to hair shafts.
Removing them requires meticulous combing, hence nitpicking—finding fault with tiny details.
In a separate sense, nits are minor complaints or criticisms themselves: I have a few nits with the proposal, but overall it's solid.
lice-eggs
Skin covering skull
- hairFibrous scalp covering
- hatchOpening in deck or floor
- eggsReproductive cells in shells
- parasiticExploiting a host organism
head lice · pediculosis · lice comb · lice shampoo · lice treatment · infest · infestation · contagious
scalp
Skin covering skull
parasitic · head lice · pediculosis · lice comb · lice shampoo · lice treatment · infest · infestation · contagious · schoolchildren
trivial
Lacking significance or weight
- minorScale with lowered third
- pedanticExcessively concerned with minor rules
- hair-splittingExcessive focus on trivialities
quibbling · fussy · finicky · petty · picayune · trifling · overcritical · carping · caviling · fault-finding
- licehead louse, head lice, body louse, body lice, crab lice
- lightsunlight, daylight, shine, rays, moonlight
- display settingsbrightness, contrast, resolution, dark mode, light mode
- insect eggsant egg
- LCD displaysLCD, LCD screen, LCD monitor, LCD panel, LCD TV
- scalp problemsdandruff, itchy scalp, oily scalp, flaky scalp, cradle cap
- nit pickingExcessive focus on minutiae
- picking nits
- nit combTool for removing lice