Jackie Gardina on Nostr: I have learned a new word that I will now use with abandon (probably during conflicts ...

I have learned a new word that I will now use with abandon (probably during conflicts with my spouse): pettifoggery - a quarrel about petty points.

“Defenders of book-banning often conceal their points behind a scrim of rhetorical hair-splitting or other pettifoggery.”

#books #words #libraries

https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-10-04/book-banning-is-on-the-rise-in-america-but-so-is-a-backlash