"then we nit and pick"

[Nancy Friedman]

Heard on public radio's Living on Earth; confirmed in transcript:



http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=12-P13-00008
<http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=12-P13-00008&segmentID=3>
&segmentID=3



I found more than 80,000 citations for "nit and pick," including "Yeah, you
can nit and pick all you want":

http://capitolfax.com/wp-mobile.php?p=11071
<http://capitolfax.com/wp-mobile.php?p=11071&more=1> &more=1



Groupon used "nit and pick" humorously (I think) in a description of a
basketball clinic
<http://online-shopping-bags.com/department-stores/groupon-60-off-basketball
-clinics-at-jab-n-attack/> :



Aspiring ballers learn the pick and roll, used to block the opposing team's
defender, the pick and pop, used to get for a jump shot, and the nit and
pick, used to wear down the defense by pointing out flaws in its technique.




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