peeves

For those who object to back-formations, such as orientate and burgle, nota bene that peeve is such a one from peevish.

Regarding the ubi nasus Sphingis est? of a parallel thread, I am reminded of the strange little man who collects noses in Greenaway's masterful Belly of the Architect. A short history of the word peevologist and its meaning(s): (link).


Ceci n'est pas un seing.