Meaning

1 senses

  1. (derogatory, humorous, idiomatic, slang)A person who habitually criticizes the grammar and (often) usage in others' speech or writing, often in ways that are sometimes not even linguistically accurate.

    He had to explain that the grammar Nazi's tantrum was mistaken because interposing an adverb to fall between the components of a to-infinitive is usually not wrong in English grammar.

    Sprachpolizei

    граммар-на́циgrammar-náci

Examples

5 sentences

  1. Don't be such a grammar Nazi.

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  2. Grammar-Nazi-sympathizers must die too!

    ruСторонники граммар-наци тоже должны умереть!

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  3. I'm a grammar Nazi.

    ruЯ воинствующий грамотей.

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  4. He's a grammar Nazi.

    ruОн граммар-наци.

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  5. He is a grammar Nazi.

    ruОн граммар-наци.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
a person who habitually corrects or criticizes the perceived incorrect language usage of others:
Deutsch
a person who habitually corrects or criticizes the perceived incorrect language usage of others:

Origin

First use appears c. 1991. From grammar + Nazi (“one who imposes one's views on others; on

First use appears c. 1991. From grammar + Nazi (“one who imposes one's views on others; one who is considered unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict”).

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Forms

plural: grammar Nazis

Synonyms

4 synonyms
comma queengrammar copgrammar policegrammando

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
grainygramA2grammarA1grammariangrammaticalgramophonegran
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