Vocabulary: Cavil 吹毛求疵

Posted on July 23, 2008 by timlyg

Cavil: "An evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections"

I didn't know there's a word for this. Tho I have seen many smartypants trying to do this.

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One Response to Vocabulary: Cavil 吹毛求疵

  1. tim says:
    July 24, 2008 at 11:50 pm

    It must be noted that when I say this, I am also referring to those who mean no harm or think they have good intention/support.

    Therefore, whether they are deliberate or not, they have committed cavil.

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