Wiktionary
anal retentive
a. (alternative spelling of anal-retentive English)
Usage examples of "anal retentive".
How can someone so anal retentive look so good in a pair of jeans?
Your son is anal retentive, obsessive-compulsive, orally fixated, regressive -- a potential ding-dong.
Only some anal retentive type such as Professor Landreth would make a stink about it.
In Reynaud's humble opinion, most people who went into the Navy tended to be on the anal retentive side (ACS personnel were civil servants, not military—.
In Reynaud's humble opinion, most people who went into the Navy tended to be on the anal retentive side (ACS personnel were civil servants, not militaryand proud of itdespite their uniforms and rank insignia), and they were especially retentive about toys like their FTL com.