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Meaning of grammarnazi | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Rare form of grammar Nazi.

form-of, nonstandard, rare

Examples

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).”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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