pet hate
Example Sentences
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In 2015, the roboticist Rodney Brooks chose the computational metaphor of the brain as his pet hate in his contribution to a collection of essays entitled This Idea Must Die.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 27, 2020
I have a pet hate of security guards anyway.”
From Fox News ● Dec. 2, 2019
"It's grown huge, but they maintain a start-up culture. Alibaba is a flat structure, bureaucracy is a pet hate there."
From Reuters ● Jun. 8, 2014
My pet hate is "winningest", used in the context "Michael Schumacher is the winningest driver of all time".
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2011
"You're not alone in that pet hate," the major added.
From Dave Dawson at Casablanca by Bowen, Robert Sydney
