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pet hate BrE
pet peeve AmE , also: pet aversion

My pet hate is people who go out of their way to be difficult.

It has been one of my pet hates this year.

The extreme right and its pet hate of Europe are truly barking.

Whatever your pet hate, disgust is a basic emotion common to all humans.

Many thanks to all of you who submitted your personal bugbears and pet hates.

Unfortunately the Odyssey 200 includes one of my pet hates, door ties.

My pet hate is a cancelled flight, which leaves one feeling stranded and alone.

Another pet hate is why manufacturers have to make so many toys only in various shades of pink.

She didn't care too much for other dogs but her pet hates were chickens and cats.

Do you have a favourite haunt or pet hate?

Except that the British choose their victims and have their pet hates.

Pet Hate took their name from the idea of a pet peeve.

The poll also gave the thumbs down to male know-it-alls - the pet hate for most women.

That grin can be levelled immediately when he's holding forth on pet hates.

Which is one of my pet hates.

It repeated the formula of the original, featuring famous middle-aged women talking about their pet hates.

Affected eyeware had always been one of Carla's pet hates.

Pets, after all, were his pet hate.

"His pet hate was the negative frame of mind that I sometimes returned with from England duty.

George W Bush's dog Barney's pet hate seemed to be journalists.

The whole point of the show is that was half an hour with one guest offering a comic insight into some of their pet hates.

Through their long computer gaming experience, the AP reviewers had developed a number of pet hates about video games.

Another pet hate was the habit some game designers had of including a power-up that reversed the player's controls.

(Do your students know about video-game-addiction or the Queen's pet hates?)

"It was one of his pet hates, really," Dr. Phillips said.