The word hangnail comes to mind. From Wordnik.com. [Wishful Drinking] Reference
Watson looked at his fingers, nibbled at a hangnail. From Wordnik.com. [Adaptation] Reference
Have a hangnail – it's Obama's fault. carolflowery. From Wordnik.com. [Obama criticized for terror response] Reference
Vigilantes would spare nothing larger than a hangnail. From Wordnik.com. [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]
ME support group page & find a fellow hangnail sufferer. From Wordnik.com. [Eberybudy wants to picks me up - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
Republicans would use a hangnail as an excuse to obstruct. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Republicans use failed terrorist attack as excuse to further delay Dawn Johnsen’s confirmation.] Reference
It rushes to issue a recall at the first hint of a hangnail. From Wordnik.com. [Students Aren't Allowed To Touch Real Rocks] Reference
You know, I used to, like, faint at the sight of a hangnail. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 12, 2009] Reference
I'm nothing but an interloper, about as wanted as a hangnail. From Wordnik.com. [Brian Gresko: My Baby Son: Clingy or Clever?] Reference
Uv corse,in the low-budget vershun,that wuld be a hangnail…. From Wordnik.com. [GIVE A CAT A FISH - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
Terrorism, writes Canadian journalist Gwynne Dyer, is a hangnail. From Wordnik.com. [Finally! A 2nd Ed. of "War"] Reference
All you defense lawyers think a hangnail is grounds for a mistrial. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 26, 2004] Reference
"Uh," Kethry's brow furrowed in thought, and she nibbled a hangnail. From Wordnik.com. [The Oathbound]
NOB we often get our knickers in a knot over hangnail-size "crises.". From Wordnik.com. [This looks more like Iraq than Mexico. When will the government resume control?] Reference
Your nose and appearance is certainly more important than a hangnail. From Wordnik.com. [Mohs Nose Woes - Part 2] Reference
What can you say about a twenty-something-year-old girl who had a hangnail?. From Wordnik.com. [Eberybudy wants to picks me up - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
Dougal knitted his brows, concentrating fiercely on a recalcitrant hangnail. From Wordnik.com. [Sick Cycle Carousel] Reference
May 26, 2009 at 9:19 am so, is u saying u will play teh part of teh hangnail?. From Wordnik.com. [GIVE A CAT A FISH - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
I'm being outsmarted by a vertebrate with a brain about as big as a hangnail. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 23, 2007] Reference
But even if you have just a hangnail ... that little hangnail still hurts you. From Wordnik.com. [Mohs Nose Woes - Part 2] Reference
So, Jake, are you willing to be convicted of mass murdr if you clip a hangnail?. From Wordnik.com. [Bopp, Top Social Conservative Supporter Of Romney, Lashes Out At Brownback For Pro-Rudy Comments] Reference
If I already had an appointment -- say, for a hangnail -- I could get the shot. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Slayton: Health and the Shortage of Flu Vaccine] Reference
But why should she get all the attention when she gets a hangnail or something?. From Wordnik.com. [Dark Dreams]
When will the the hangnail of my little toe finally fall off and stop torturing me?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-03-01] Reference
But if we don't do it, it will be just like this deficit -- or just like a hangnail. From Wordnik.com. [President At Dinner For Gephardt St Louis Mo] Reference
I would not amount to much more than a hangnail or a stray whisker compared to Bob Howard. From Wordnik.com. [FALLEN HERO ALERT!] Reference
Should I play the deadly hangnail as pure evil,or should ai sekkretly hav a heart uv gold ?. From Wordnik.com. [Intervention Kitteh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
Asking about a hangnail would be “a little crazier” than asking about a truth commission. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » MSM Derides Bloggers For Asking Hypothetical Bad Question] Reference
If your leg was broken you wouldn't direct three times as much effort into fixing a hangnail first. From Wordnik.com. [Why We Need the "Buy American" Clause] Reference
He will be, of course, continued to be blamed for everything from someone's hangnail to hurricanes. From Wordnik.com. [Muntadar al-Zaidi Did What We Journalists Should Have Done Long Ago] Reference
Cable went to his quarters, to his desk, slipped a tape in to view, leaned back, chewed a hangnail. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragon Never Sleeps]
I think I had a hangnail last week, and that's the only bad thing that's happened to me in a while. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 13, 2008] Reference
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