Etymology

peeververein

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Today it means: People obsessed with upholding and enforcing the usage of "correct" English; militant prescriptivists. Full definition →

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The story

Coined by American journalist and copy editor John McIntyre in 2012, from peeve + -er + German Verein (“association, club, society”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.