He is very anal

Anal people care about little things as if they were big things. Anal people usually don't get on well together. He uses it ad nauseam. The Developing Person. What makes a person truly anal is a combination of attitude and the inability to let go of what everyone else thinks is "shit". If you've ever heard someone described as anal retentive , you may already know that term means someone is fussy, orderly, compulsive, and — to use a vulgar slang term — tight-assed.

I think of anal as the second course, because it's better once you're already excited and feeling great. Where the fixation stems from either not enough or too much pushing into potty training and cleanliness as a child. Usually Repressed to the Nth Degree.