When one person never misses a chance to be mean to another or to annoy another: “I don’t know why she keeps ________ (me) all the time!”
This question was slightly altered from the 1965–70 question.
| BUGGING | 8 |
| NAGGING | 6 |
| AFTER | 4 |
| BOTHERING | 3 |
| HOUNDING | 3 |
| PICKING ON | 3 |
| AGGRAVATING | 2 |
| ANNOYING | 2 |
| BULLYING | 2 |
| NEEDLING | 2 |
| PESTERING | 2 |
| BAITING | 1 |
| DISSING ME | 1 |
| GETTING UNDER MY SKIN | 1 |
| HARASSING | 1 |
| HARPING AT ME | 1 |
| HARPING ON | 1 |
| HARRANGING ME | 1 |
| HASSLING | 1 |
| JAWING | 1 |
| MAKING FUN OF | 1 |
| ON | 1 |
| ON MY BACK | 1 |
| RAGGING | 1 |
| RIDING | 1 |
| SETTING ME UP | 1 |
| TEASING | 1 |
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