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Definition of Pet peeve
1. Noun. An opportunity for complaint that is seldom missed. "Grammatical mistakes are his pet peeve"
Definition of Pet peeve
1. Noun. Something that is personally annoying; a personal dislike. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pet Peeve
Literary usage of Pet peeve
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Growing Readers: Units Of Study In The Primary Classroom by Kathy Collins (2004)
"For example, I have a friend whose pet peeve is when people cut in line. ...
Last year I had a student whose pet peeve was when kids would leave tissues on ..."
2. Day One and Beyond: Practical Matters for New Middle-Level Teachersby Rick Wormeli by Rick Wormeli (2003)
"It's a small thing, but it gets under my skin: it's a pet peeve. I felt the same
way in math about not lining up columns when students did long division, ..."
3. Russian Money Laundering: Congressional Hearing edited by James A. Leach (2001)
"That is my pet peeve. Let them steal IMF's money or our bilateral support, but
how tough will you be on the laundering of drug money? Mr. SUMMERS. ..."
4. Cruising the Mediterranean: A Guide to the Ports of Call by Larry H. Ludmer (2007)
"A pet peeve of mine, for example, is the cruise that has Rome as a day port of call.
How can anyone do justice to Rome in a single day? ..."
5. Adventure Guide to Trinidad & Tobago by Kathleen O'Donnell, S Harry Pefkaros (2000)
"LAMP SHADES (Tobago) - Your authors' pet peeve. In some of the smaller, less
expensive hotels and guest houses, you'll find bare light bulbs, ..."
6. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"... add my own pet peeve. . . . It is “Plus you get,” for “In addition you
receive” —letter to the editor, Saturday Rev., 9 July 1966 This use ..."
7. Cleaning Up the Superfund Program: Hearing Before the Committee on edited by David M. McIntosh (1999)
"A pet peeve of mine is that scrap recyclers -- those people who own third and
fourth generation businesses -- have been held liable for sending scrap metal ..."
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