nutpick
Walnut meat tool
A nutpick is a small pointed tool for extracting nut meat from shells.
In online discourse, nutpicking is finding the most extreme or unhinged members of an opposing group and presenting them as representative: He's nutpicking fringe Twitter accounts to make the whole movement look crazy.
The verb nutpick and noun nutpicker follow from this sense.
Tool for cracking shells
- extractorDevice for removal
- probeThorough examination or tool
- forkTined eating tool
- scoopFirst-reported story
cracker · shell · kernel · meat · walnut · pecan · almond · hazelnut
Excessively concerned with minor rules
- meticulousShowing extreme attention to detail
- fussyExcessively particular
- trivialLacking significance or weight
- quibblingPetty objection-raising
hairsplitting · overcritical · fault-finding · petty · minor · insignificant · caviling · captious
nutcracker
Tool for cracking shells
scoop · cracker · shell · kernel · meat · walnut · pecan · almond · hazelnut · pistachio
pedantic
Excessively concerned with minor rules
- meticulousShowing extreme attention to detail
- fussyExcessively particular
- trivialLacking significance or weight
quibbling · hairsplitting · overcritical · fault-finding · petty · minor · insignificant · caviling · captious · picky