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Word 222: Picayune  

But later work has increasingly focused on the picayune.

picayune (adj) : (informal terms) small and of little importance [syn: fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, Mickey Mouse, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, trivial] – Superfreaky

25.04.2007 klo 21:44

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