I think “chomping at the bit” makes sense, ff you’re trying to “get the bit between your teeth.”
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They’re literally the same word. Same meaning, almost identical pronunciation. It’s like saying it’s wrong to call the Book of Winchester “the Doomsday Book” because 12th century literature refers to it as “the Domesday Book” when the only difference is that the former is using Modern English spelling and the latter is using Middle English.
It’s archaism for archaism’s sake.
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Well, I shall continue my chomping with a clear mind.
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“That took a turn… I think George R. R. Martin just killed my cat”
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And this is why you are not an UNnecessary pedant.
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What, because I’m pedantic about other people’s pedantry?
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Value added.
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“Value-added pedantry” is a term I do not believe I have ever heard before.
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I think we could use some homeopathic pedantry around here.
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You want me to dilute the substance of my complaints with more ephemera?
Sure!
I can’t see why you’d want that, but I can oblige.
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Oh wait . . .
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Other people’s incorrect pedantry. Things like if someone says broccoli was only invented recently, you can swoop in and point out the ancient Romans ate it.
That is a definite value add.
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He missed “Dad and me”, which should have been “Dad and I”. 
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Well, him and me were trying to help her threw a problem to.
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Well, obviously. If they were correct in the first place, I couldn’t be pedantic about it.
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You could go over-the-top and out-pedant their pedantry.
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“Out-quibble,” perhaps? “Pedant” is a noun, not a verb.
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