PETTIFOGGER

PETTIFOGGER

Pet-tee-fog-er

Nitpicker; quibbler; trifler;

Being a person who argues about trivial things.

Never argue with a pettifogger because he will bore you with trivia.

The pettifogger wanted to argue about trivial things.

Petti - fogger

Petti (Reminds) Petty

Fogger (Reminds) Fog or unclear

You are petty and foggy talking is trivial.

PETTY FOGGER

Tonight, I will lock my doors and lucubrate for hours. What am I doing?

Answer below...

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Answer:  

Studying. Lucubrate means to work or study at night.