When did the term starting appearing "Fussy Cutting" and..

Recently DD was looking at a layout I finished and commented on an embellishment. I was going to say that I fussy cut it but my brain wanted to make it past tense in the most absurd way and I ended up saying, "I fussy cat it". She just looked at me. 

I hate the term "fussy cutting". Just say you're cutting something. lol.

I have always thought "fussy cut" came from quilting; as in being fussy about which piece to cut to fit into a project. The fussy part is being choosy about which square to cut out, rather than the closeness of the cutting.
I don't know when or how it was adapted to papercrafting.
To me it's just a descriptive term.  If you just cut around an image, I would call it just cutting it out.  If you trim to the line of an image that is fussy cutting.  To a papercrafter it describes the process and a degree of difficulty.

As a teacher we use fussy cutting and blob cutting. It has been around as long as I have been working with kids.
I know a lot of people hate the term, but it works for kids!

Similarly, a friend calls it "fuzzy cutting" to describe her results compared to using a die cutting machine.

I agree with don & ojyma that fussy cutting was originally a quilting term that paper crafters incorporated into their jargon about two decades ago. I always suspected that the quilters who were into paper crafting were the guilty party of popularizing the term in our industry.

Papercrafting says it all. "What's your hobby?" "Oh I scrapbook, make cards, collage, make small boxes, and other things with paper."

I just say "I play with paper".

Like many of you, I have heard this phrase for many years.  I think the fussiest cutting I ever did was when I was just starting in this hobby over 15 years ago, before all the dies and diecutting machines.  The most difficult was making my own stencils from chipboard or heavy plastic so I could use them to dry emboss.  I sketched items, then cut out the grooves into TWO layers with an Xacto knife, then put my cs in between and used a stylus to emboss.  My fingers STILL ache when I think of that!

Here is a great overview of quilting fussy cutting www.youtube.com/watch?v=keWV1R9-Ai4

I never ever really thought about the term "fussy cutting" but I do think an appropriate alternate term could be PITA (that's "Pain In The A$$" for anyone not in the know) cutting. I really enjoy Graphic 45 papers and creating things with them but their designs lend themselves to a lot of PITA cutting. I find it relaxing to do while watching a TV show that doesn't require a lot of attention. I've also found that the age old technique of chalk inking the edges in charcoal or brown ink is a great way to disguise any minor screw ups I may have made.

I had no idea this term originally was a quilting term...always interesting to learn something new.

It s an old quilting and sewing term for sure, when cutting fabric for applique. I have been scrapbooking since around 1990 and started hearing the term being used in scrapbooking around 2001 or so. Before it was just detailed cutting.