anal glaucoma
- noun
- /ˈeɪnəl ɡloʊˈkoʊmə/
- Offensive
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[ofensivo, coloquial] término humorístico para "obsesión por los detalles"
- If you let anal glaucoma take over, you'll miss the main purpose of the project.
Examples
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Her anal glaucoma made every team meeting drag on with endless minor corrections.
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Because of his anal glaucoma, he couldn't accept any changes to the original plan.
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That's just anal glaucoma!
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Don't be so anal glaucoma!
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His anal glaucoma prevented him from seeing the importance of the deadline during the discussion.
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Due to her anal glaucoma, the project was delayed by her insistence on minor details.
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When faced with the bigger picture, his anal glaucoma caused him to focus on irrelevant issues.
Synonyms
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9.5
A person who is very tidy, likes control, and is often stubborn
Antonyms
How Nitpicky
- Offensive
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Surface Forms
Morphology
anal + glaucoma
The phrase blends 'anal' (overly detail‑focused) with 'glaucoma' (a medical condition causing loss of peripheral vision) to create a metaphor meaning someone is so fixated on details they "can't see the big picture," so the sense is derivable from the parts. However the metaphorical mapping and the relatively low-frequency medical term make the meaning not fully predictable for an average B1 learner, so it is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Anal glaucoma is slang that mixes anal, meaning 'too focused on tiny details', and glaucoma, a disease that makes you lose side vision. The image is of someone so stuck on small points they 'cannot see the big picture', so the phrase means being stubbornly focused on trivial details.