Oxymoron? "Favorite" pet peeve! Maybe you can have a most despised pet peeve, but favorite? Kind of like having a favorite toothache!
Without Webster's guidance on this one, here is my thought on a definition. A pet peeve is some repetitious action, quirk or mannerism that irritates you without you having a choice. Like "internal plumbing" ads right at meal time...biggest audience, don't you know! Snoring, not your own, also qualifies.
Very high on my list is what I refer to as "speed-speaking". Where some totally self-absorbed unconsciously blathers on at a pace that the human mind isn't designed to comprehend. Why? Are you trying to confuse me? I don't need the help, thanks. Afraid if you stop no one will ever listen to you again? I'm not now...you lose.
It's a learned trait. Unlearn it! It's just rude. Language is meant to be uttered and understood, not amassed and dropped on you like a blivet! Ten pounds of drivel played at 78rpm!
And, now I have had the pleasure of discovering that they are hiring bureaucrats with this affliction, oh Joy!
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