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- in a fractious manner; "the horse was behaving fractiously and refused to jump"
- unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome; "rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thickly populated areas"; "fractious components of a communication system"
- stubbornly resistant to authority or control; "a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness"; "a refractory child" (同)refractory, recalcitrant
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- (特に子供・老人・病人が)怒りっぽい,気難しい / (動物が)手に負えない
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For the 1980s metal band, see Pet Hate. For other uses, see Pet peeve (disambiguation).
A pet peeve (or pet hate) is a minor annoyance that an individual identifies as particularly annoying to him or her, to a greater degree than others may find it.
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Contents
- 1 Origin
- 2 Description
- 3 References
- 4 External links
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Origin
Its first usage was around 1919.[1][2] The term is a back-formation from the 14th-century word peevish, meaning "ornery or ill-tempered."[1]
Description
Pet peeves often involve specific behaviors of someone close, such as a spouse or significant other.[3] These behaviors may involve disrespect, manners, personal hygiene, relationships, and family issues.[4]
A key aspect of a pet peeve is that it may well seem acceptable 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 his or her subordinates.[5] That same supervisor may witness employees coming into work late, and not feel any annoyance whatsoever.
References
- ^ a b Harper, Douglas. "peevish". Online Etymology Dictionary. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=peevish. Retrieved 2007-09-28.
- ^ pet peeve – Definition from the Miarriam-Webster Online Dictionary
- ^ Kowalski, Robin M. (2003). Complaining, Teasing, and Other Annoying Behaviors. Yale University Press.
- ^ James, Leon. "Congressional Testimony on Road Rage". http://www.drdriving.org/articles/testimony.htm.
- ^ Green, Thad B., Jay T Knippen (1999). Breaking the Barrier to Upward Communication. Quorum/Greenwood. pp. 34–37.
External links
- Word Detective origins of Pet Peeve
- Take Our Word For It Issue 138
English Journal
- The House of Falk: the paranoid style in American health politics.
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- American journal of public health.Am J Public Health.1997 Nov;87(11):1836-43.
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