I'm supposed to be doing, and the job hunt and subsequent job-doing. And I was looking forward to sending you some of my stories, Jamie. Guess I'll have to try the next poor soul. Here's a peevelet, or a micro-peeve that I have. When people use the word trepidation instead of fear.
Fear is a lovely, concise four letter, one syllable word.
OTOH, trepidation is a terrible, clunky, eleven letter and four syllable word. And have you ever noticed that a number of the best words in English have four letters. This is especially annoying when the person uses the longer word the wrong way. MY peevelet of this breed is 'enervated' instead of tired. I have yet to find a specific kind of tired that only the word 'enervated' will cover.