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Hello. I am a collector of internets. |
Where in the face-bleeding hell does the term picky-uny (or picky-uni, picky-yuni, etc) originate from? Is it regional?
There are very few mentions of it on the internet, and I can’t seem to find any clues as to where the uny/uni/yuni comes from.
From context, it means overly choosy or picky, but I need more than that!
This is a bunch of Spokker Jones! HALP!
justin
steve
Twink.exe
John
Wait, whut? I’ve never heard that.
Therein lies the problem. What gives? More infos plox.
pic·a·yune
/ˌpɪkiˈyun, ˌpɪkə-/ Show Spelled[pik-ee-yoon, pik-uh-] Show IPA
–adjectiveAlso, pic·a·yun·ish. Informal.
1.
of little value or account; small; trifling: a picayune amount.
2.
petty, carping, or prejudiced: I didn’t want to seem picayune by criticizing.
–noun
3.
(formerly, in Louisiana, Florida, etc.) a coin equal to half a spanish real.
4.
any small coin, as a five-cent piece.
5.
Informal. an insignificant person or thing.
Origin:
1780–90; < Pr picaioun small copper coin (cf. F picaillons), deriv. of an onomatopoetic base *pikk- beat, here referring to the coining of coppers
Yeah.. I have a revelation soon after posting this