Un autre meme

1. Grammatical pet peeve.
"Quotation marks" - um, no. I really do mean quotation marks - where none are warranted (e.g., the sign in the product section at the market this week: "Avocados" - above avocados).
Does this include stupidisms?
Current favorites:
Proactive
Reflect back
Pre-draft
Pre-boarding
Pre-work
VIN number
Please RSVP
Roast beef au jus with gravy (that really should be in quotation marks)


2. Household pet peeve.
No bloody dishwasher after all these years. Thinking about one of those roll around types until renovated kitchen is possible.

3. Arts & Entertainment pet peeve.
Illiterate responses given by movie stars during press conferences (Tom Cruise may be the worst. Response to question about working with one of Britain's finest actors: "It was, like,...wow!")
Rock star-ese: refer to the Super-nova competition, particularly assessments by the esteemed panel of judges.

4. Liturgical pet peeve.
Isn't that a redundancy?

5. Wild card.
Unsolicited personal advice (e.g., "Gee you look nice. You'd look even nicer if you wore better underwear.")
Runner-up: the guy in the produce section this week who gave me the lecture on the quality (or lack thereof) of the sweet corn.

Bonus: Things that I do that become other people's pet peeves?
Talk too much.
Give unsolicited advice.
Avoidance of the phone.

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