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Someone who'd rather be right alone than happy with everyone else.
means Someone who insists on strict, unmixed adherence to the original rules, forms, or standards of something, rejecting shortcuts or compromises.
from Built in English from 'pure' plus the agent suffix '-ist,' following the same pattern as 'artist' or 'loyalist.' 'Pure' itself descends through Old French 'pur' from Latin 'purus,' meaning clean or unmixed. The word 'purist' emerged as a label — often a mildly mocking one — for people (originally language critics and grammarians) who policed others for straying from supposedly correct usage or technique, and it quickly spread to any field with rules worth guarding, from cooking to music to coffee.
- vinyl believers
- insists digital remasters betray the original tape hiss
- coffee division
- black only, milk is a personality disorder
- irony meter
- often breaks the rules while defending them
- etymology
- from latin purus, meaning insufferable at dinner parties