pet peeve

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noun
  1. a particular and often continual annoyance; personal bugbear: This train service is one of my pet peeves.

Origin of pet peeve

1
An Americanism dating back to 1915–20

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pet peeve

A particular or recurring source of irritation, as in My pet peeve is that neighbor's cat running through my herb garden. [Early 1900s]

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