Picayune

Word PICAYUNE
Character 8
Hyphenation pic a yune
Pronunciations /ˌpɪ.kəˈjuːn/

Definitions and meanings of "Picayune"

What do we mean by picayune?

Of little value or importance; paltry. synonym: trivial. adjective

Petty; small-minded. adjective

A Spanish-American half-real piece formerly used in parts of the southern United States. noun

A five-cent piece. noun

Something of very little value; a trifle. noun

Formerly, in Florida, Louisiana, and adjacent regions, the Spanish half-real, equal to 1⅙ of a dollar, or 6¼ cents; now, the five-cent piece or any similar small coin. noun

Small; petty; of little value or account: as, picayune politics.

A small coin of the value of six and a quarter cents. See fippenny bit. noun

Petty, trivial; of little consequence; small and of little importance; picayunish; adjective

Something not worth arguing about. adjective

An argument, fact, corner case, or other issue raised (often intentionally) that distracts from a larger issue at hand or does not change a primary supposition, outcome, postulate, premise, conclusion, hypothesis, judgment or recommendation; adjective

Small-minded: being childishly spiteful, tending to go on about unimportant things. adjective

A small coin of the value of six and a quarter cents; a fippenny bit. noun

A five-cent piece. noun

Something of very little value; a trifle: not worth a picayune. noun

(informal) small and of little importance adjective

A small coin of the value of six-and-a-quarter cents; a fippenny bit.

A five-cent piece.

Something of very little value; a trifle.

An argument, fact, corner case, or other issue raised (often intentionally) that distracts from a larger issue at hand or fails to make any difference.

A town in South Mississippi (40 miles from New Orleans/25 miles from the coast) that is known for its teen pregnancy, teen drug use and high school dropouts. At one time or another it was and may still be the highest rates in the nation. Oxycotin is also widely used here. Afroman refers to Picayune in one of his songs. Urban Dictionary

A major periodic newspaper distributed to mayors of SimCity cities, sometimes after reticulating splines, and advertised on wacky radio stations heard when driving the Streets of SimCity. Urban Dictionary

The coolest place you could ever live. They really know how to play football, Roll Tide Roll ! They have a lot of super pretty girls that do NOT do drugs or get pregnant. Urban Dictionary

A town not far from New Orleans where everybody has sex with there first cousin. Harry street has two different families on the same street who been doing it all there lives. So come on down to harry street picayune where everybody is literally family Urban Dictionary

A girl who has anal sex in order to "preserve her virginity." A picayune virgin often will claim she is a true virgin regardless of how many times she has been anally penetrated. Urban Dictionary

A Picayune Thug is a white cracker who thinks he's a thug when he actually isn't! Urban Dictionary

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The word "picayune" in example sentences

A picayune was the smallest coin the richly appareled madame or the poor market negro could put in the collection box as she paused on her way at the ❋ Unknown (1912)

A picayune was the price of a small sheet in my time. ❋ Unknown (1912)

Yet in a move that can only be described as picayune and small-minded, a program designed to make the House cafeteria greener has been eliminated. ❋ Jonathan A. Schein (2011)

It seems kind of picayune in the grand context of the stimulus effort. ❋ Unknown (2009)

However, the "picayune" promises are the types of promises made by most people. ❋ Unknown (2009)

That's how bad the Times' "picayune" coverage has been...that no one, and I mean no one, cares enough to show up for the only televised debate of the campaign. ❋ Peter Schorsch (2009)

First of all, Wayne Garcia is part of the same coverage he describe as "picayune" in the rest of the article. ❋ Peter Schorsch (2009)

And frankly, maybe we can come up with something better than the Shroud, which looks kind of picayune in its new company. ❋ Princeofcairo (2008)

- Ron Wilson had a bone to pick with a "picayune" call by the officials late in Thursday night's 3-2 overtime loss to Tampa Bay. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Connick also made fun of Davis 'use of music terminology like "picayune" and "strident" and his reference to songs as "copyrights." ❋ Unknown (2009)

To gauge from some of the site's recent posts, jiong can now be used to meaning anything from 'picayune' to 'far out'. ding means "up", but its popular current incarnation signifies support, confirmation. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Columnist Patrick McIlheran dismisses the fact that 35 houses and businesses would need to be razed in order to expand the Zoo Freeway as "picayune" ( ❋ Unknown (2009)

"And after them will come the big mining sharks that buy whole creeks where you-all have been scratching like a lot of picayune hens, and they-all will go to hydraulicking in summer and steam-thawing in winter --" ❋ Unknown (2010)

No picayune methods for me, when I go in silence, I want to know that I left behind me a plot of land which, after the pitiful failures of others, I have made productive .... ❋ Unknown (2010)

There have been allegations serious and picayune; investigations and suspensions; the forfeiture of a past Heisman and queries about a new one. ❋ Jason Gay (2011)

He finds pleasure and joy in the picayune and the mundane, the pedestrian and the unexpected. ❋ James Scarborough (2011)

[Stay here] and become like Picayune... [pregnant], [stoned] and dumb. ❋ Bubble101 (2006)

The Picayune. [Buy one] [today]. ❋ Thefellow3j (2019)

Are you going to the Picayune [football game] tonight? They will definitely [win] ! [Roll Tide] ! ❋ Ccjtbff (2009)

Picayune where [everyone] is [literally] [family] ❋ Brittany Willis (2017)

"Hey, did you know [Josephine] calls herself [a virgin]?" "Seriously? When we were together we had [tons of] anal!" "I know, she's a picayune virgin, man." ❋ Jackson Walker (2012)

[O.M.G]. [Rebecca]! [Look at that] Picayune Thug! ❋ Picayune Person (2023)

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