As an editor, I never get to use these.
Even less as an academic writer.
One day, I want to sneak them into a book and smuggle them past my editor. (Should be easy, given the way academic books are no longer really edited by anyone — or proofread, for that matter.)
Persnickety. Pernickety.
Curmudgeonly.
Kerfuffle.
Use the comments to tell me about yours.
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