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petty paraphrasing

to state something written or spoken in different words, especially in a shorter and simpler form to make the meaning clearer but with emotions moreso than logic

Person One: How would you paraphrase the book, “Old Yeller?”
Person Two: kid murks his dog because it had rabies and the kid didn’t even try to take the dog to a veterinary clinic!
Person One: There’s more to the book than that!
Person Two: You said paraphrase, you didn’t say anything about petty paraphrasing!

by Sarahsmile86 May 21, 2023


Petty Bank

A place you store petty things that people have done or said to you, so you can reference it at a later time.

I broke open my petty bank and saw that she didn't come to my party, so I don't have to go to hers.

by hustlinheart512 July 6, 2018


Petty peasant

A petty peasant is someone who is extremely petty and lacks class and dignity.

You are such a petty peasant, you couldn’t even fight me with clothes on.

by LingDanc803 December 31, 2019


petty sex

refers to a situation in which one's partner displays selfishness, indifference, and laziness during intimate and sexual moments, showing little to no emotion or effort and causing the other person to feel unimportant, hurt, and undervalued in their relationship.

Jeff felt hurt and undervalued in his relationship because his partner consistently engaged in petty sex, showing no care or effort towards his pleasure even though he make sure his partner was always happy

by RelatableGuru November 2, 2023


Wordplay Petty

Rated "Class IV" on the Petty Scale, Wordplay Petty is the act of intentionally misconstrueing a normal word or phrase in order to completely change the meaning of the statement. This is typically done on the fly.

Z: You can see into my house! I hate this wide peephole!!!

M: You hate white people??

Z: I hate Wordplay Petty.. -_-

by MTrain84 March 21, 2017


Wordplay Petty

Rated "Class IV" on the Petty Scale, Wordplay Petty is the act of intentionally misconstrueing a normal word or phrase in order to completely change the meaning of the statement. This is typically done on the fly.

Z: You can see into my house! I hate this wide peephole!!!

M: You hate white people??

Z: I hate Wordplay Petty.. -_-

by MTrain84 March 21, 2017

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Petty racism

When someone takes a joke/ satire and fucking calls it racism or when someone acts like it's the most racist thing that's ever been said when it isn't.

Paul called Sarah racist because white people weren't her type Sarah called that "petty racism"

Shannon called Sophie racist for calling her a black female so Sophie said "petty racism"

by Idiot's January 10, 2021

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