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pet hate
Fig. something that is disliked intensely and is a constant or repeated annoyance. My pet hate is being put on hold on the telephone. Another pet hate of mine is having to stand in line. pet peeve Fig. a frequent annoyance; one's "favorite" or most often encountered annoyance. My pet peeve is someone who always comes into the theater after the show has started. Drivers who don't signal are John's pet peeve. See also: pet somebody's pet hate (British & Australian) also somebody's pet peeve (American) something that you do not like at all A pet hate of ours is telephone salesmen who phone just as we're sitting down to watch TV. Cleaning the bathroom is my pet peeve. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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m growing an extensive list of pet peeves that have nothing to do with pets. Read this with children--they may agree with Nina and they may share some of their own pet peeves. If she saw Incubus without you, don't take it out on her by nit-picking over peeves you never even noticed before. |
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