pet peeve

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pet peeve

noun pet peeves

colloquial, idiomatic Something that is personally annoying; a personal dislike. Forgetting to finish a sentence with a period is one of my pet peeves.
Similar: bugbear, pet hate

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noun something that is personally annoying; a personal dislike

Español	molestia favorita
中文	討厭的事情 /讨厌的事情 tǎoyàn de shìqíng
Português	ódio de estimação, implicância, birra, neura
Français	bête noire
Deutsch	Hauptärgernis, Lieblingsärgernis, Lieblingsbeschwerde, persönliche Abneigung
Italiano	piccolo cruccio
Русский	пунктик punktik, любимая мозоль ljubimaja mozolʹ
עברית	שנאת מחמד

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@misc{pet_peeve_2026,
  title = {pet peeve},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pet%20peeve},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}