Quote Originally Posted by Ushiku View Post
I never got the phrase grammar Nazi, Nazi itself is a colloquial phrase, shortened from National Socialist... seems an ironic phrase if you ask me.
Are you socially inept or just trying to make yourself look more intelligent than you are?

Really, it's simple. Nazis are associated by most people with fascism, WWII, government control, and Adolf Hitler. A grammar Nazi is someone who tries to control the way others speak because it's "the proper way".


On topic: I can't believe this thread survived it's first page.