gnat-strain

verb

Etymology

Back-formation from gnat-strainer or gnat-straining.

Definitions

  1. To fuss or give undue importance to trivial things, often to the exclusion of truly…

    To fuss or give undue importance to trivial things, often to the exclusion of truly significant issues.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for gnat-strain. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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