pet peeve

English

Noun

pet peeve (plural pet peeves)

1. (colloquial) Something that is personally annoying; a personal dislike.

   Ending questions with a period is one of my pet peeves.

   • George Carlin

     I don’t have pet peeves; I have major, psychotic hatreds.

Synonyms

• bugbear
• pet hate

Related terms

• pet project

Translations

something that is personally annoying; a personal dislike

• Chinese:

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• Finnish: inhokki (fi)
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• German: Hauptärgernis n, Lieblingsärgernis n, Lieblingsbeschwerde f, persönliche Abneigung f, persönlicher Aufreger m, privates Ding n, persönliches Ding n
• Hebrew: שנאת מחמד (he) (sin'át maḥmád)
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See also

• push someone's buttons