• Apathy Tree@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      A peeve of mine is the term “pet peeve”. 😅

      If something bothers you so, why the fuck would you keep, nurture, and tend to it as a pet?

      I propose it change to haunting peeve, because you don’t want it, can’t get rid of it, and it exists regardless if you think about it or not.

      😁 (I’m not super serious about this, but “pet peeve” really does low-key bother me)

      • ElHexo [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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        1 year ago

        It’s partly a joke (your favourite peeve, for example) and probably a reference to the other, now archaic, meaning of pet:

        fit of peevishness, offense or ill-humor at feeling slighted

        I think you can accept idioms as they are or you’ll be endlessly feeling like one saying or another has got your goat