Comment Re:Even more citations (Score 1) 185
Well, whether the situation fits the various definitions is a judgment call. It depends on whether you perceive what the property company is doing as productive, or exploiting their middleman position to extort fees they've done nothing to earn -- an activity which would fit all the definitions I listed. I'll leave that up to other readers, since we clearly differ on issues of substance as well as terminology.
a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner
There is nothing "frivolous" about being clear when making economic and political statements,
Says the person who draws a distinction between "rent seeking" and "business decisions", as if one were not an instance of the other.
I see irony is not one of your strong suits.