I was asked to define quibble for my readers.
To quibble is to argue over petty things; to make trivial or minor complaints, objections or arguments; to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner.
"I won't quibble about the cost of the phone if you'll only stop making those International calls. " What I didn't know when I was asked was that there was an adjective derived from quibble - quibbly. Quibbly means fussy, involving quibbles; petty or trifling. What a great word -
"Look darling, it's only a dress; stop being so quibbly about whether your bum looks big or not."The following is another (to me, totally incomprehensible,) definition. A quibble is the quantum computing term for the aggregation of four qubits, or half a qubyte. This follows the standard computing nomenclature of bit, nibble and byte.
I've challenge myself to use your as many of your weeks words in conversation or blog post...its remembering to do it...once l'm away from the pc..
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