"But people sticking with Obama is my _pet pea_." [NP]

[Herb Stahlke]

Also used as past participle, as in "being peeved," but I don't think I've
heard that usage since I was a child.

Herb


On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 5:52 AM, Damien Hall <damien.hall at newcastle.ac.uk>wrote:

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> Looks like an eggcorn to me: a pea being something irritating, as in the
> story of The Princess and the Pea, it replaces the original 'peeve', which
> largely survives only in the phrase 'pet peeve'.  Not in the database yet,
> though!
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