my pet peeve
11pet peeve — noun Something that is personally annoying; a personal dislike. Ending questions with a period is one of my pet peeves. Syn: pet hate …
12pet peeve — Synonyms and related words: abhorrence, abomination, anathema, antipathy, aversion, beef, beefing, bellyache, bellyaching, bitch, bitching, bone to pick, complaining, complaint, crow to pick, crow to pluck, destructive criticism, detestation,… …
13pet peeve — a particular and often continual annoyance; personal bugbear: This train service is one of my pet peeves. [1915 20, Amer.] * * * …
14pet peeve — American a pet hate …
15somebody's pet peeve — sb s pet ˈpeeve idiom (NAmE) (BrE sb s pet ˈhate) something that you particularly dislike Main entry: ↑peeveidiom …
16pet peeve — noun Date: circa 1919 a frequent subject of complaint …
17peeve — [pi:v] →pet hate/pet peeve at ↑pet3 (2) …
18pet — pet1 [pet] n. [orig. Scot dial., prob. back form. < ME pety, small: see PETTY] 1. an animal that is tamed or domesticated and kept as a companion or treated with fondness 2. a person who is treated with particular affection or indulgence;… …
19pet hate — pet aversion or pet hate noun A chief object of dislike • • • Main Entry: ↑pet * * * pet hate british phrase something that you dislike very much, or that makes you extremely angry My pet hate is people chewing gum with their mouths open.… …
20Pet Hate — For the term, see pet peeve .PET HATE is the name of a British heavy metal band who had a few albums out in the 1980s including bad publicity and the bride wore red .The band is named after the idea of a pet peeve …
