Meaning

(nonstandard) Rare form of grammar Nazi..

Example Sentences

See, I've got be careful here not to run afoul of the local grammarnazis; even though you have, not for the first time, explicitly spelled out an imaginary gay sex scenario, no one, least of all me, is authorized to connect this gesture to your own desire, since that's not precisely what you said in so many words.

Obviously you don't know the difference between a prescriptive grammarian (a "grammarnazi") and a descriptive grammarian ("linguistic libertarian"). The grammarnazi will often enforce rules that have no rational basis in the English language.

okay, so i'm a grammarnazi on my days off.

I am about to go into full grammarnazi mode but it's not personal.

Just what are you blathering about? You're not only a conservanazi, but a grammarnazi as well.

But, if you want to be a grammarnazi(TM):

(To the grammarnazis - I meant just what I said).

Word Forms

• grammarnazis

When Should You Use Grammar nazi?

Use grammar nazi when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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