nutpick
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Etymology 1
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Noun
nutpick (plural nutpicks)
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Etymology 2
Blend of nut + nitpick; see nut (“crazy person”). Coined by a commenter in 2006 and popularized by Kevin Drum.[1]
Verb
nutpick (third-person singular simple present nutpicks, present participle nutpicking, simple past and past participle nutpicked)
- (Internet) To cherry-pick poor representatives of a viewpoint (i.e., from Internet postings) in order to disparage it.
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- The blog-era term "nutpicking", which refers to cherry-picking the worst or nuttiest comments to disparage a larger group ("liberals", "conservatives", "feminists") by falsely implying the views are widely-held within the group, needs to be revived. It's very common on Twitter.]
- 2019 March 18, David French, “There’s a Fake Outrage Machine on the Right, Also”, in National Review:
- If there’s a right-wing analog to the Media Matters machine, it often comes in the ongoing effort to “nutpick” radical professors, highlight their most ridiculous (and often years-old) comments, and try to drive them out of their jobs.
References
- ^ Kevin Drum (2006 August 11) “Nutpicking”, in Washington Monthly