A persnickety, triflin', and (lest we forget) pedantic nemesis might say, "don't you mean nemeses, Ambra?"

Oh, no. Not "Sidity!" I have to check out his (?) column.

callipygous

Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday...
We.... love..... you.
Happy Birthday and may all your dreams come true.
When you blow out the candles.
one light stays aglow.
It's the love light in your eyes,
where e're you go.

-Tom Chapin

and Donna Boucher
Thinking of you on your special day!

Those are great words. Persnickety is one of my favorites. I often have co-workers look at me with great puzzlement when I use persnickety. That alone makes it a great word.
Nincompoop is another great one to make people look at you funny!

By the way, I just read your column on superstardom and it's very good!

Happy Birthday Ambra. You look great in the hat!

Don't wear a hat wider than your shoulders or narrower than your forehead and you will be OK.

Oh, and don't wear a hat with horizontal stripes.

He he...

I prefer fastidious, or punctillious to persnicketey. There's something about the sound of persnicketey that just irks me.

..Then again they're hyponyms and not necessarily synonyms.

Masticate is..new.

Happy birthday!

I hope you get a yummy cake to masticate.

Your technically incompetent friend is here for moral support!

Spiro Agnew called his nemeses (the media) "...nattering nabobs of non-comformity...". I'm partial to (though never say, as it's judgemental): low-'count, amoral, misguided, self-centered and specious.

Hey, don't forget "moonbats"

BTW on your comment policy page "lude" should be spelled "lewd".Great website, keep it going.