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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(Internet slang, vulgar, derogatory) A person who is pedantic about grammar..
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).
There are far worse beings hanging around here, commafuckers whose souls are like dark paperclips - not a glint of hope for salvation.
As a colleague commafucker though I would say that it's often better to restrain yourself :-)
Use commafucker when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Commafucker means (Internet slang, vulgar, derogatory) A person who is pedantic about grammar..
Common synonyms include grammar Nazi, nitpicker, pedant.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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).
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