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    [Verb]  | "split" | \ ˈsplit \


    1: to divide lengthwise usually along a grain or seam or by layers

    2: to affect as if by cleaving or forcing apart

    3: to tear or rend apart : burst


    Origin: 1567 ;

     Dutch splitten, from Middle Dutch; akin to Middle High German splīzen to split and probably to Old High German spaltan to split;

    [Phrase]  | "splits hairs" 


    1: to make often peevish criticisms or objections about matters that are minor, unimportant, or irrelevant;


      * e.g., " ... They fussed that the cheese should have been served at room temperature, but to me they were splitting hairs. "



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    [Phrase]  | "split hairs" 


    1: to make often peevish criticisms or objections about matters that are minor, unimportant, or irrelevant;


      * e.g., " ... They fussed that the cheese should have been served at room temperature, but to me they were splitting hairs. "



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     [ "splitting hairs" ]

    1: To argue about an inconsequential and trivial aspect of an issue

      * e.g.,  ... When you are accused of being forty-five minutes late for an appointment, you are splitting hairs to say that you were really only forty minutes late 

     [ "Splitting Hair" ]

    1: When a man is about to urinate, and a hair or lint is resting on the opening to the urethra. This causes the sream of urine to split off in 2 seperate directions and, if not at a urinal, all over the bathroom. This will be to the much displeasure to the wife/girlfriend/other family member.

      * e.g.,  ... I had to take a huge piss this morning, but i had a splitting hair and hosed the entire toilet. The wife made me scrub the whole bathroom for 3 hours. 

     [ "Split Face Hair Shark" ]

    1: Vagina, pussy, twat, Etc...

      * e.g.,  ... I was walking drunk on the beach and almost stepped on a Split Face Hair Shark! 


     [ "Split Face Hair Shark" ]

    2: Close relative of the Split Face Bald Shark!

     [ "Finer than a dog's hair split three ways" ]

    1: Means that something is very fine, or that you feel excellent. If someone asks how you feel and you simply say "fine", you might just be saying it out of convention. Adding the "dog's hair split three ways" shows that you actually mean it.

      * e.g.,  ... You: How are you doing today? 


     [ "Finer than a dog's hair split three ways" ]

    2: Another form of the expression is "finer than a frog's hair split three ways", although literal frogs do not have hair.

      * e.g.,  ... Me: Why, I'm doing finer than a dog's hair split three ways! 

     [ "Splitting hairs" ]

    1: When your old lady lays down and spreads the peach for ya.

      * e.g.,  ... Hey baby, how's about us splitting hairs and me giving you a good poke? 

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