• Apathy Tree@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    10 months 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)

      • Apathy Tree@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        10 months 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! 🫡

        (No it didn’t register that I replied to you until I went back to look.. I don’t really -see- usernames)

          • Apathy Tree@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            10 months 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 🫠

    • GreenTeaRedFlag [any]
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      10 months 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.

    • ElHexo [comrade/them]
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      10 months 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