See grammar Nazi on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "grammar",
"3": "Nazi",
"t2": "one who imposes one's views on others; one who is considered unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict"
},
"expansion": "grammar + Nazi (“one who imposes one's views on others; one who is considered unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict”)",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "1990, grammar + Nazi (“one who imposes one's views on others; one who is considered unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict”)",
"forms": [
{
"form": "grammar Nazis",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "grammar Nazi (plural grammar Nazis)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"gram‧mar"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Entries with translation boxes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Catalan translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Estonian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with French translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with German translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Indonesian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Polish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Russian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Turkish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Welsh translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Grammar",
"orig": "en:Grammar",
"parents": [
"Linguistics",
"Language",
"Social sciences",
"Communication",
"Sciences",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "People",
"orig": "en:People",
"parents": [
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "grammar Nazism"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "He had to explain that the grammar Nazi's tantrum was mistaken because interposing an adverb to fall between the components of a to-infinitive is usually not wrong in English grammar.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A person who habitually criticizes the grammar and (often) usage in others' speech or writing, often in ways that are sometimes not even linguistically accurate."
],
"id": "en-grammar_Nazi-en-noun-u8QM8amG",
"links": [
[
"humorous",
"humorous"
],
[
"Nazi",
"Nazi#English"
],
[
"habitually",
"habitually"
],
[
"criticize",
"criticize"
],
[
"grammar",
"grammar"
],
[
"usage",
"usage"
],
[
"linguistically",
"linguistics"
]
],
"qualifier": "potentially offensive; see usage note at Nazi; potentially offensive; see usage note at Nazi",
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang, idiomatic, potentially offensive, humorous, see usage note at Nazi) A person who habitually criticizes the grammar and (often) usage in others' speech or writing, often in ways that are sometimes not even linguistically accurate."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "grammar cop"
},
{
"word": "grammar police"
},
{
"word": "grammando"
},
{
"word": "grammarnazi"
},
{
"word": "grammar nazi"
},
{
"word": "grammar-nazi"
}
],
"tags": [
"humorous",
"idiomatic",
"slang"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "person who habitually corrects or criticizes the perceived incorrect language usage of others",
"word": "talibà ortogràfic"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "person who habitually corrects or criticizes the perceived incorrect language usage of others",
"word": "taalnazi"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "person who habitually corrects or criticizes the perceived incorrect language usage of others",
"word": "tähenärija"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "person who habitually corrects or criticizes the perceived incorrect language usage of others",
"word": "pilkunnussija"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "person who habitually corrects or criticizes the perceived incorrect language usage of others",
"word": "kielipoliisi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "person who habitually corrects or criticizes the perceived incorrect language usage of others",
"word": "kielioppinatsi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "person who habitually corrects or criticizes the perceived incorrect language usage of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ayatollah de l’orthographe"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "person who habitually corrects or criticizes the perceived incorrect language usage of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ayatollah de la grammaire"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "person who habitually corrects or criticizes the perceived incorrect language usage of others",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Sprachpolizei"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "person who habitually corrects or criticizes the perceived incorrect language usage of others",
"word": "nyelvtannáci"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "person who habitually corrects or criticizes the perceived incorrect language usage of others",
"word": "polisi bahasa"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "person who habitually corrects or criticizes the perceived incorrect language usage of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gramatyczny nazista"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "person who habitually corrects or criticizes the perceived incorrect language usage of others",
"tags": [
"Brazil",
"masculine"
],
"word": "professor pasquale"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "grammar-náci",
"sense": "person who habitually corrects or criticizes the perceived incorrect language usage of others",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "граммар-на́ци"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "person who habitually corrects or criticizes the perceived incorrect language usage of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "talibán ortográfico"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "person who habitually corrects or criticizes the perceived incorrect language usage of others",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "språkpolis"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "person who habitually corrects or criticizes the perceived incorrect language usage of others",
"word": "språkfascist"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "person who habitually corrects or criticizes the perceived incorrect language usage of others",
"word": "imla polisi"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "person who habitually corrects or criticizes the perceived incorrect language usage of others",
"word": "dil polisi"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "person who habitually corrects or criticizes the perceived incorrect language usage of others",
"word": "cảnh sát chính tả"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "person who habitually corrects or criticizes the perceived incorrect language usage of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "heddlu iaith"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɡɹæmə(ɹ)ˈnɑːtsi/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɡɹæmɚ ˈnɑːtsi/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɡɹæmɚ ˈnætsi/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-au-grammar Nazi.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/43/En-au-grammar_Nazi.ogg/En-au-grammar_Nazi.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/En-au-grammar_Nazi.ogg"
}
],
"word": "grammar Nazi"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"word": "grammar Nazism"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "grammar",
"3": "Nazi",
"t2": "one who imposes one's views on others; one who is considered unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict"
},
"expansion": "grammar + Nazi (“one who imposes one's views on others; one who is considered unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict”)",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "1990, grammar + Nazi (“one who imposes one's views on others; one who is considered unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict”)",
"forms": [
{
"form": "grammar Nazis",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "grammar Nazi (plural grammar Nazis)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"gram‧mar"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English compound terms",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English humorous terms",
"English idioms",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English nouns",
"English offensive terms",
"English slang",
"English terms with usage examples",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Terms with Catalan translations",
"Terms with Dutch translations",
"Terms with Estonian translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Indonesian translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations",
"Terms with Turkish translations",
"Terms with Vietnamese translations",
"Terms with Welsh translations",
"en:Grammar",
"en:People"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "He had to explain that the grammar Nazi's tantrum was mistaken because interposing an adverb to fall between the components of a to-infinitive is usually not wrong in English grammar.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A person who habitually criticizes the grammar and (often) usage in others' speech or writing, often in ways that are sometimes not even linguistically accurate."
],
"links": [
[
"humorous",
"humorous"
],
[
"Nazi",
"Nazi#English"
],
[
"habitually",
"habitually"
],
[
"criticize",
"criticize"
],
[
"grammar",
"grammar"
],
[
"usage",
"usage"
],
[
"linguistically",
"linguistics"
]
],
"qualifier": "potentially offensive; see usage note at Nazi; potentially offensive; see usage note at Nazi",
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang, idiomatic, potentially offensive, humorous, see usage note at Nazi) A person who habitually criticizes the grammar and (often) usage in others' speech or writing, often in ways that are sometimes not even linguistically accurate."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "grammar cop"
},
{
"word": "grammar police"
},
{
"word": "grammando"
}
],
"tags": [
"humorous",
"idiomatic",
"slang"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɡɹæmə(ɹ)ˈnɑːtsi/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɡɹæmɚ ˈnɑːtsi/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɡɹæmɚ ˈnætsi/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-au-grammar Nazi.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/43/En-au-grammar_Nazi.ogg/En-au-grammar_Nazi.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/En-au-grammar_Nazi.ogg"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "grammarnazi"
},
{
"word": "grammar nazi"
},
{
"word": "grammar-nazi"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "person who habitually corrects or criticizes the perceived incorrect language usage of others",
"word": "talibà ortogràfic"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "person who habitually corrects or criticizes the perceived incorrect language usage of others",
"word": "taalnazi"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "person who habitually corrects or criticizes the perceived incorrect language usage of others",
"word": "tähenärija"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "person who habitually corrects or criticizes the perceived incorrect language usage of others",
"word": "pilkunnussija"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "person who habitually corrects or criticizes the perceived incorrect language usage of others",
"word": "kielipoliisi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "person who habitually corrects or criticizes the perceived incorrect language usage of others",
"word": "kielioppinatsi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "person who habitually corrects or criticizes the perceived incorrect language usage of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ayatollah de l’orthographe"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "person who habitually corrects or criticizes the perceived incorrect language usage of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ayatollah de la grammaire"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "person who habitually corrects or criticizes the perceived incorrect language usage of others",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Sprachpolizei"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "person who habitually corrects or criticizes the perceived incorrect language usage of others",
"word": "nyelvtannáci"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "person who habitually corrects or criticizes the perceived incorrect language usage of others",
"word": "polisi bahasa"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "person who habitually corrects or criticizes the perceived incorrect language usage of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gramatyczny nazista"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "person who habitually corrects or criticizes the perceived incorrect language usage of others",
"tags": [
"Brazil",
"masculine"
],
"word": "professor pasquale"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "grammar-náci",
"sense": "person who habitually corrects or criticizes the perceived incorrect language usage of others",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "граммар-на́ци"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "person who habitually corrects or criticizes the perceived incorrect language usage of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "talibán ortográfico"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "person who habitually corrects or criticizes the perceived incorrect language usage of others",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "språkpolis"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "person who habitually corrects or criticizes the perceived incorrect language usage of others",
"word": "språkfascist"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "person who habitually corrects or criticizes the perceived incorrect language usage of others",
"word": "imla polisi"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "person who habitually corrects or criticizes the perceived incorrect language usage of others",
"word": "dil polisi"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "person who habitually corrects or criticizes the perceived incorrect language usage of others",
"word": "cảnh sát chính tả"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "person who habitually corrects or criticizes the perceived incorrect language usage of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "heddlu iaith"
}
],
"word": "grammar Nazi"
}
Download raw JSONL data for grammar Nazi meaning in All languages combined (7.1kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-20 using wiktextract (c15a5ce and 5c11237). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.