Timeline for An appropriate term for an overly by-the-rules person
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| May 17, 2015 at 18:52 | comment | added | J.R.♦ | As I was reading your answer, the phrase "someone who follows the letter of the law, not the spirit of the law" came to mind. It doesn't answer the O.P.'s quest for a descriptive noun referring to the person, but it does refer to the practice. I think it's related closely enough that it's at least worth mentioning in a comment. | |
| May 17, 2015 at 17:28 | comment | added | Ben Kovitz | @MichaelDurrant Upvoting means that you think the answer is "useful", not that you think it states the one term that fulfills the OP's request. Hold your mouse over the up-arrow button and the tool-tip will explain it. The point of this answer is to clearly spell out what's wrong with all the terms that fail, especially "stickler". | |
| May 17, 2015 at 17:21 | comment | added | Michael Durrant | hmm, too many choices to actually know what I would be voting on for this answer. Detail is nice but brevity and clarity as to the main answer is key too. This answer ends with Maybe someone else knows of a good noun that's already well-established. | |
| May 17, 2015 at 15:14 | history | edited | Ben Kovitz | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 17, 2015 at 14:36 | history | edited | Ben Kovitz | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 17, 2015 at 14:15 | history | answered | Ben Kovitz | CC BY-SA 3.0 |