What is the meaning of ‘pet peeve’?

‘Peeve’ rhymes with ‘leave’ and ‘weave’, and it means ‘to annoy’. When you refer to some activity or behaviour as being your ‘pet peeve’, what you mean is that you don’t like the activity or behaviour at all. You, in fact, hate it. It is something that you complain about quite frequently. It is also possible to say, ‘pet hate’.

*Students coming late to class. It’s Meera’s pet peeve.