Wørd of the week – micrology

micrology

[fr. Gk mikrolog�a : minute discussion, frivolity]
/mahy KROL uh jee/
1) attention to petty details or distinctions;
nitpicking

"Micrology registers the occurence of thought as the unthought that remains to be thought in the decline of grand philosophical thought." – David Rodowick, Reading the Figural, or Philosophy After the New Media

not to be confused with a science dealing with the handling and preparation of microscopic objects for study