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# The Good Oil Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-good-oil-word-of-the-day-390/
- Published: 2025-09-02T18:15:40.000Z
- Updated: 2025-09-02T18:15:39.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, Word of the Day

The word for today is…

quibble (verb, noun):

*verb*  
1: to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words  
2a: carp  
b: bicker

*noun*  
1: an evasion of or shift from the point  
2: a minor objection or criticism

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quibble?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : The verb quibble followed the noun quibble, meaning "an evasion of or shift from the point" and "a minor objection or criticism," into the language in the mid-17th century. That word is likely a diminutive of a now-obsolete noun quib, also referring to an evasion of or shift from the point. Quib, in turn, likely comes from a form of Latin qui, meaning "who," that is also a distant relation of our word who.

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