PICAYUNE

(adj.) (informal) small and of little importance
"a fiddling sum of money", "a footling gesture", "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war", "a little (or small) matter", "a dispute over niggling details", "limited to petty enterprises", "piffling efforts", "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"
synonyms : fiddling , piffling , piddling , petty , niggling , little , lilliputian , footling , trivial

Mnemonics for picayune

(Tag: ) picayune: relate it to pico, which means small. so picayune->pico->small or petty things
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(Tag: ) Definition: petty, small minded piety--Imagine people chasing a RACOON that foolishly wandered into their church. These people are armed with little PIGGIES and trying to pummel the RACOON to death with them. They are PIGGY COON.
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(Tag: ) PICAYUNE -> PICCOLO + TUNE. A PICCOLO might be mistaken for an INSIGNIFICANTLY small flute; eventhough, it can deliver an earpiercing TUNE.
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