Deborah Tannen

Everything we say has metamessages indicating how our words are to be interpreted: Is this a serious statement or a joke? Does it show annoyance or goodwill? Most of the time, metamessages are communicated and interpreted without notice because, as far as anyone can tell, the speaker and the hearer agree on their meaning.

American Sociologist

Yuvraj Singh

When one is young, aspiring to play for the country, doing well, any hindrance, like injury or being out of form, can be frustrating and a cause of annoyance or even anger. But once you have a close encounter with death, you realise the real value of life.

Indian Athlete

Ben Fogle

I like collecting things, much to my wife's annoyance. I keep mementoes because I'm proud of all the things I've done, but also to remind myself, when I'm having a difficult time at home, that there are always tougher, harder things to get through in life.

English Writer

Michael Wolff

One of the annoyances of working for The Guardian is that, obsessed as the organisation is with its digital and social media presence and its own sense of singular importance, editors would militantly try to edit your tweets.

American Author

Maria Semple

I suppose I could admire all these slow Seattle drivers for their safety-mindedness, consideration for others, and peace of mind. Instead, I'm a fury of annoyance.

American Novelist

Bruno Bettelheim

Not only is our love for our children sometimes tinged with annoyance, discouragement, and disappointment, the same is true for the love our children feel for us.

Italian Writer

Michelle Pfeiffer

I act for free, but I demand a huge salary as compensation for all the annoyance of being a public personality. In that sense, I earn every dime I make.

American Actress

P. J. O'Rourke

Politics is a necessary evil, or a necessary annoyance, a necessary conundrum.

American Comedian

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one's ability to persuade.

American Judge

Mark Twain

Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.

American Writer

Annoyance usually indicates mild irritation, not extreme anger.

Emotional Intensity

What causes annoyance can vary greatly between people.

Subjectivity

Annoyance is often a short-term feeling that is resolved quickly.

Temporary Feeling

Annoyance is often used hyperbolically to emphasize frustration.

Figure of Speech

Non-living things can be termed annoyance if they cause inconvenience.

Personification

Calling someone an annoyance may be considered rude.

Behavior Evaluation

 in the span of less than an hour when I'm out doing everyday things like getting Cheerios. But this in between lane is where I'm most comfortable. This space where I can be both a sir and a ma'am feels the most right and the most authentic. But it doesn't mean that these interactions aren't uncomfortable. Trust me, the discomfort can range from minor annoyance

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 weeks and weeks and weeks of very feeding they are so focused they're they know this is ephemeral this only lasts for days or weeks so they're just head down and they're eating as much as they possibly can and every time bikers are going by it's it's a bit of an annoyance and I think that's what's

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 And that's why the story was news. We live in an incredibly interconnected world with the proliferation of social media, which is of course a fantastic resource for igniting social change. But it's also made us increasingly reactive, from the smallest annoyances of, "Oh, my train's been delayed,"

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 and I've been involved in the documentary filmmaking business all over the world for the last 10 years. During the process of making these films I found myself taking photographs, often much to the annoyance of the video cameramen. I found this photography of mine almost compulsive.

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 inevitable annoyance when for example we want them to explain things to us in language that we can actually understand why was it that when I had an operation my doctor said to me beware miss hurts of hyperpyrexia when he could have just

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 You're standing at the ready inside the goal when suddenly, you feel an intense itch on the back of your head. We've all experienced the annoyance of an inconvenient itch, but have you ever pondered why we itch in the first place?

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 joy, sadness, annoyance -- and will be able to mimic these feelings too. And as natural language processing advances further -- so natural language processing is the technology behind this -- so as it advances further,

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 in the face of their inevitable annoyance when, for example, we want them to explain things to us in language that we can actually understand. Why was it that, when I had an operation, my doctor said to me,

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 He then got what he was reaching for, whatever she was blocking, and went on his merry way. She said that she was shocked at first -- yeah. And then a fury rose up in her that she could not not annoyance,