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Bee readers say hand-held cell chatterers are their No. 1 pet peeve on the road.
From the sacbee.com
I have to say, I think this peeve is fuelled a little by the green-eyed monster.
From the nzherald.co.nz
I have a real pet peeve about football coaches that make game management errors.
From the ocregister.com
I find that a new peeve rises to the top of my list every couple of weeks or so.
From the economist.com
I certainly don't have to drive and text anymore, which used to be a pet peeve.
From the techcrunch.com
Some 64% cited talking loudly on a device in a public place as a major pet peeve.
From the forbes.com
My pet peeve is application forms that might as well be written in Medieval Latin.
From the badlanguage.net
My pet peeve is heavy men who bend over and you can see far more than you want to.
From the washingtonpost.com
Share your least favourite peeve in the comments, and Happy Peeve Friday, everyone.
From the economist.com
- Cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful
- (peeved) annoyed: aroused to impatience or anger; "made an irritated gesture"; "feeling nettled from the constant teasing"; "peeved about being left out"; "felt really pissed at her snootiness"; "riled no end by his lies"; "roiled by the delay"
- A pet peeve (or pet hate) is a minor annoyance that an individual identifies as particularly annoying to him or her, to a greater degree than others may find it.
- Peeved is an American band that started in 1992 in Redmond, Washington.
- (Peeves) Magical creatures comprise a colourful and integral aspect of the fictional wizarding world in the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling. ...
- An annoyance or grievance; To annoy; vex
- (Peeves) is a poltergeist who haunts Hogwarts. Being a poltergeist, Peeves is a spirit rather than a physical being, but very different from the ghosts for which he is occasionally mistaken. Peeves is capable of flight, intangibility and teleportation. ...
- (PEEVES) A spiteful, malicious ghost who haunts Hogwarts.
- (Peeves) is a poltergeist who haunts Hogwarts. Peeves is often "chased" by Argus Filch, who is a Squib, trying to make him stop whatever he is doing. In the last book, Deathly Hallows, he proves himself trustworthy when throwing dung bombs at the Death Eaters. ...
