r/interestingasfuck • u/AccurateSource2 • 6h ago

Sheep Getting Cleaned

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u/sdcasurf01 4h ago

Close but not the actual literal meaning of the word. Nitpicking refers to picking “nits” (louse eggs) from strands of hair.

I truly wish I didn’t know this but I’ve got four kids and have had to deal with lice infestations twice (luckily no adults got them).

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u/PaupersSerenades 3h ago

I’d like to think that person had recognised the phrase came from ‘insect-pcicking’ and just attributed it to the wrong insect.

What’s really fun is that louse have been such an issue that they get both ‘nitpicking’ and ‘with a fine toothed comb’

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u/sdcasurf01 3h ago

“What’s really fun is that louse…”

Methinks you have an odd definition of the word “fun”.

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u/PaupersSerenades 3h ago

Sharing is caring ;)

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u/sdcasurf01 3h ago

That’s what’s up.