English Explanatory Dictionary

peeververein

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. People obsessed with upholding and enforcing the usage of "correct" English; militant prescriptivists.

Word forms

peeververein

Etymology

Coined by American journalist and copy editor John McIntyre in 2012, from peeve + -er + German Verein (“association, club, society”).

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