A pet peeve (or pet hate) is a minor annoyance that can instill great frustration in an individual.

Origin

The term originated from the word 'peeve'. Its first usage was in 1919. The term is a back-formation from the 14th-century word 'peevish,' meaning ornery or ill-tempered.

Description

Pet peeves involve complaints about specific behaviors, rather than general dissatisfaction. Pet peeves often involve specific behaviors of someone close, such as a spouse or significant other. These behaviors may involve disrespect, manners, personal hygiene, relationships, and family issues. An example of a pet peeve involving disrespect is someone not using their turn signal while driving. While some drivers feel frustrated when another driver does not use their turn signal, other drivers do not care very much, or consider something else, such as cellphone usage while driving more annoying. Pet peeves associated with driving can result in road rage, where the person who feels peeved seeks some sort of retribution for the action. Road rage itself is considered a pet peeve by many. Other driving-related pet peeves include drivers who speed up to keep others from changing lanes (Gap Snatchers), or distracted drivers talking on cell phones (Motor Mouths).

Often a pet peeve will seem illogical to others. For example, a supervisor may have a pet peeve about people leaving the lid on the copier up and react angrily, be annoyed when others interrupt when speaking, or by messy desks of their subordinates. That same supervisor may witness employees coming into work late, and not feel any annoyance whatsoever.

 

also i was wrong,clairvoyance and precog isnt forms of clairsentiance"

and my response:"By: KaU
Also, shyler, I see where our worries stem about wikipedia, but I assure you, there are a great host of editors completely dedicated to it's reliability as a source. Also, presuming the parts of the word correct, the meaning from wikipedia stands correct. As much as I loathe to waste space, however, I have made a copy of this article, lest there is some trickery on part. Just a precaution.

By: KaU
Sorry, *further qualms

By: KaU
"one who sees clear" is a methaphor, decos. Calm down. The methaphor "one who sees clear" actually refers to one who "sees" (actuality, one who feels, one who knows) such things, unbidied by the laws of time, space, and other normally completely solid "walls" if you will. I do not appreciate this slight to me, unreasonable as it it, and would appreciate this not occuring again in the near future. So, to review, clairvoyance (one who sees clear) is one that can sense, or know, or otherwise divine through scientifically unknown means, whether this be through time, space, or other medium, or none at all, and has nothing to do with seeing visions, although this could be included in this catagory. That is all, and if you have any firther qualms with me, all you have to do is to email me about these topics, instead of thses useless articles appearing without thought or sufficient grammer for it to be of note to me. I only respond to untarnish my name, and also to, perhaps, remind you that you should not just blindly correct me, without undue research. I do not claim to be perfect, I get things wrong, but these illogical attempts to correct me when I stand correct, as far as I know, is not in anyone's best interest. Good day.

By: Shyler
Sorry, this sounds alot like someone I know from here... I' not saying that this is a bad thing either, just... clairvoyance does have a wider range of accepted meanings. Also, Wikipedia is not a goot source to cite, as it can be edited by anyone, just like the articles on here. "

 

Although I believe my reasoning has successfully ended this argument to full satisfaction of de'cos, we must wait until he responds.

 

Any further complaints can be commented here, as I seem to cause much strife, and would not enjoy such wastes of space.

 

Well, accuse as you wish!

 

KaU