nutpick
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To cherry-pick poor representatives of a viewpoint (i.e., from Internet postings) in order to disparage it.
Example Sentences
- "Nutpicking has gotten easy over the last few years–just check out the Twitter feeds of Teanderthal Members of Congress."
- "The blog-era term "nutpicking", which refers to cherry-picking the worst or nuttiest comments to disparage a larger group ("liberals", "conservatives", "feminists") by falsely implying the views are widely-held within the group, needs to be revived. It's very common on Twitter."
- "If there’s a right-wing analog to the Media Matters machine, it often comes in the ongoing effort to “nutpick” radical professors, highlight their most ridiculous (and often years-old) comments, and try to drive them out of their jobs."
Etymology
Usage
- American usage