User blog comment:Rupert Giles/Prototype for a new article layout/@comment-5785681-20150206220121/@comment-68.68.96.103-20150209102553

"At least he remains civil."

And proud of being pedantic. Synonyms for pedantry: ostentatiousness, pomposity, pretentiousness, affectation, showboating.

Where I come from we have a simpler, universal synonym: it begins with "a" and ends with "hole."