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ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨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)

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The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I can support this

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- ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Omg you are an actual person. Every time I see your username under a post I, for whatever reason, think it’s the community name.
  
  I’ve seen a lot of your posts I think 😅 thanks for what you do! 🫡
  
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  - The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    I am, and thanks! Beep boop, I like sharing memes. Just doing my part to help Lemmy grow.
    
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    ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    I like that you like sharing memes, because I’ve come across them enough to think you are a community unto yourself. I
    
    like sorting by new to report garbage and interact with things that would otherwise die, also to help Lemmy grow! It’s lonely in new but… i get to report a lot of weird stuff… so there’s that 🫠
    
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GreenTeaRedFlag@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
it’s actually short for petite peeve, because it’s something small and unimportant. Or maybe it’s not, but you don’t know.

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ElHexo@hexbear.net ⁨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

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- ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  You must have missed the part that says I’m not really serious.
  
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