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Grinds My Gears 

To Annoy, Provoke, or Piss someone Off. Most dumbfucks seem to think this originates from a family guy movie, but the TRUTH is that it's been used for decades, and in popular media actually orginates from a movie called PLANES, TRAINS, and AUTOMOBILES, a classic comedy. Quote: "Del: Don't let me stand in your way, please don't let me stand in your way. The last thing I want to be remembered as is an annoying blabbermouth... You know, nothing grinds my gears worse than some chowderhead that doesn't know when to keep his big trap shut... If you catch me running off with my mouth, just give me a poke on the chubbs... "
Damn. that Simpson! He really grinds my gears!
Grinds My Gears by Electronicoffee August 31, 2011

grinds my gears 

Something that makes you mad. Or really annoyed. Originated on Family Guy Untold Stories DVD. Peter Griffin gets a job at the News Channel
When girls give everyone play and they are called hoes and they get mad, that really grinds my gears!

No one has never mad a priest and a rabi joke in a while, that really grinds my gears-Peter Griffin
grinds my gears by Gozzy August 10, 2006

Grinds My Gears 

A blog that is based around user-submitted pet peeves and common annoyances. Based on the parody of "What Grinds My Gears" as seen on Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story.
Hey bob did you check out the new posts at GrindsYourGears.org?

Sure Did, that really grinds my gears too!
Grinds My Gears by Amos4 May 4, 2010

Grinds my gears of war 

A phrase that is a parody of Peter Griffin's infamous quote.
It is typically used with video game related frustrations. If you use it with non-video game related stuff then you sound weird.
You know what really grinds my gears of war? Campers! They think they're all good by sitting in a corner and getting kills! Those douchebags >.>

what grinds my gears 

You ever been so pissed that you had to post about it online? Do so at What Grinds My Gears!

You know what really grinds my gears?

Something Peter Griffin says before he states the thing that annoys him the most.
Peter Griffin: You know what really grinds my gears?
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Precedes or follows either a gratuitously disrespectful or honest remark, originated in New York City. Used in similar fashion to "no offense" or "to be honest," interchangeably.
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