picayune/picayunish....I can look it up and all. It is just a word(s) that might make an interesting choice for Word of the Day discussion, and I did not seem to find it in the Good Word archive.
[ no reply needed....I can see it in dictionaries, etymology lists, etc. ]
picayune/picayunish
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picayune/picayunish
Known in restaurant circles by quasi-Thai moniker, "That Guy" (e.g. heard in the back.."that guy is here again"; "that guy on/at table 10"; "that guy is going for a sirloin again", etc.)
Half the distance in half the states...from half2run.com
Half the distance in half the states...from half2run.com
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....and it may be a springboard for the word "picky", which may or may not have been discussed; I did not check.
Known in restaurant circles by quasi-Thai moniker, "That Guy" (e.g. heard in the back.."that guy is here again"; "that guy on/at table 10"; "that guy is going for a sirloin again", etc.)
Half the distance in half the states...from half2run.com
Half the distance in half the states...from half2run.com
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The Online Etymology Dictionary gives the first recorded date of picayune as 1804, meaning "coin of small value". Probably from Louisiana French picaillon, "coin worth 5 cents", from Provençal picaio, "money". I wondered if it might have some connection with the prefix pico, "one-trillionth" (i.e. a tiny value), but apparently not.
It is not a word much used in the UK.
It is not a word much used in the UK.
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