flyspeck
verbEtymology From fly + speck.
1
To bespeckle with tiny spatters of color.
- To flyspeck, you need an old toothbrush, the paint color of your choice, glazing medium, a palette knife, and a mixing surface such as a palette or plastic container.2008, Priscilla Hauser, Priscilla Hauser's Book of Painting Patterns, →ISBN, page 15:
2
To inspect in minute detail to ensure that something contains no flaws; nitpick.
- Your criticism will seem like flyspecking. They'll be mad at you for pointing out that there's more crime than they like to think, and especially mad that you're saying their own group—privileged middle-aged white males—are just as bad as young African-American inner-city toughs, walking the streets in packs of four and looking mean.1996, Richard Delgado, The Rodrigo Chronicles: Conversations About America and Race, →ISBN: