Priggish

PRIGGISH

<Prig-esh>

Smug; vain; stuffy;

Annoying someone with petty rules. 

Your rule is priggish and it will waste time because it is complicated.

PRIG- G - ISH

Prig	(Reminds)	Pig
Ish	(Reminds)	To be

We are piggish when we annoy with rules.

PIG ISH

Question: You are a sailboat captain. You yell, "Put up the sails and scuttle ahead!"  How fast do you go?

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Answer: You don't. You sink your boat. Scuttle means to sink a ship on purpose.