Today's word belongs to that class of vocabulary that I can wield easily, reading its meaning correctly, and using it in all the right contexts, without actually knowing what it means exactly.
I think pedantic is a playful and deliberate obtuseness, or as we say nowadays, "trolling."
Damn, I was wrong.
It actually means being a flashy nitpicking know-it-all, like the guy who tries to poke holes in an argument by pointing out the most irrelevant details. Technically, he's right, but in the grand scene of things, it's not really the point.
But...
Aren't they being pedantic just to troll? So I'm partially right, and all previous instances of my use of the word pedantic still remains correct.
You don't think so?
Quit being pedantic.
