What does "pet peeve" mean?

Vocabulary Word: pet peeve

1. Definition (n.) something that annoys or bothers a person

Examples My biggest pet peeve is when people are late.

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La Princesse de la vie

Egypt

I hate to be in a messy place. Mess is really one big pet peeve for me.

tar1ta

Antarctica

I don’t like being told what to do and what to like and this has long been one of my pet peeves.

ScienceBoy

Turkey

Waiting is one of my biggest pet peeves too. I hate it.

Mahtab.bp

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

Waiting for someone or something is a biggest pet peeve to me!

It really hurts me and I always try to avoid to keep people waiting for me!

Jenney

China

good nights

Jenney

China

thats the results of chinese

Jenney

China

sad…but i wont make tears…

Jenney

China

who can tell me why ...feel exzausted

Jenney

China

ebaby i nearly five years lose touch with u….miss all the friends from the other side of the world

Jenney

China

these days i got nightmares…for the awulf noises pet peeves…help

Jenney

China

pet peeve is really annoying.

ola33

Japan

Ahh :)

samand55

Azerbaijan

wow really,,thats so annoying,, lowbrows are so annoying people,,,ahhhh

ola33

Japan

Another one

samand55

Azerbaijan

hehehe,,,nice photo ola33, yeah thats another badddddddd pet peeves,,hehe

ola33

Japan

one of the pet peeves :)

samand55

Azerbaijan

strange n new word in my dictionary,,,pet is household animal and peeve means annoy so pet+peeve= annoying pet,,,hehehe,,,nice word like it,,,sth that really annoys us and we have to bear it for most of the time,,,that is pet peeve,,,i agree “lie” is a bad pet peeve which has become so typical today,,we can see that everywhere,,,