Quibble

Word of the Day for Sunday, May 5, 2013

Quibble \KWIB-uhl\, verb:

1. to equivocate.
2. to carp; cavil.

noun:
1. an instance of the use of ambiguous, prevaricating, or irrelevant language or arguments to evade a point at issue.
2. the general use of such arguments.

3. petty or carping criticism; a minor objection.

Don't quibble. You're in deep enough now, young man.
-- Kurt Vonnegut, Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968

I didn't quibble about the price. No man can say that. I just wanted peace; I paid them their price without quibbling.
-- William Faulkner, Light in August, 1932

Quibble is related to the more common word quip. They both come from the Latin word quibus meaning "indeed."

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