stickler
noun
stick·ler
ˈsti-k(ə-)lər 
1
: one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something
a stickler for the rules
2
: something that baffles or puzzles : poser
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Her wife, Teresa Zepeda, said that Johnston was a stickler for bike safety, with her bright neon clothes, her flashing lights and her helmet.
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Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 21 June 2024
Courtesy of Viki Some sticklers for traditional time-travel plot mechanics may find Sol and Sun-jae’s ending unsatisfying.
—Kayti Burt, TIME, 31 May 2024
If your own Jackson reminiscences aren’t enough, here are five more reasons to hurry to the Buell for a jukebox musical crafted with an attention to detail and pleasure befitting its subject’s stickler tendencies.
—Lisa Kennedy, The Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2024
Imperioli, whose character is a stickler for parliamentary procedure, barked.
—Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2024
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Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 21 June 2024
Courtesy of Viki Some sticklers for traditional time-travel plot mechanics may find Sol and Sun-jae’s ending unsatisfying.
—Kayti Burt, TIME, 31 May 2024
If your own Jackson reminiscences aren’t enough, here are five more reasons to hurry to the Buell for a jukebox musical crafted with an attention to detail and pleasure befitting its subject’s stickler tendencies.
—Lisa Kennedy, The Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2024
Imperioli, whose character is a stickler for parliamentary procedure, barked.
—Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2024
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stickler
noun
stick·ler
ˈstik-(ə-)lər
1
: a person who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something
a stickler for the rules
2
: something that baffles or puzzles
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