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To locate something so precisely it's basically bragging, not finding.
means To identify the exact location, cause, or moment of something with precision, down to the smallest detail.
from A straightforward compound of 'pin' and 'point' — literally the point of a pin, which happens to be the smallest, sharpest, most exact point most people encounter in daily life. First used literally for that tiny tip, the word drifted by the 1800s into a verb and adjective for precision itself — anything 'pinpoint' is accurate down to the fineness of a needle's end.
- origin
- literally the point of a pin, 1800s precision metaphor
- as adjective
- implies accuracy so exact it feels suspicious
- military use
- popularized by bombing raids claiming impossible accuracy
- overused in
- job ads wanting pinpoint attention to detail