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Neatnik (noun)
neatnik [ neet-nik ]


noun, Slang.
1. a person who is extremely neat about surroundings, appearance, etc.: Sandra is such a neatnik that it makes me crazy—I don't care how tidy her desk is, but she keeps trying to tidy my desk!

Origin: First recorded in 1955–60; neat ( def ) + -nik ( def ), by analogy with beatnik ( def )

Example Sentences
Montana is a neatnik and Blakeney and Noa are … less so.
From Los Angeles Times

She founded Neatnik, a Washington-based professional organizing firm, in 2007 after working in politics and communications for 10 years.
From Washington Post

She likens Steve Bannon and Reince Priebus to Oscar and Felix, the slob and neatnik roommates in “The Odd Couple.”
From New York Times

Nicole Anzia is the owner of Neatnik.
From Seattle Times

To some extent she is correct — I am not a neatnik.
From Washington Post

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