personal chaos injection engine
That thing or person in your life that appears to exist simply to make your continued existence more difficult. This can be a friend, family member, colleague, pet, or just your hoopty that makes your life difficult. This is differentiated from a simple issue in that it can't easily be eliminated without substantial cost and rather than passively irritating you the PCIE appears to thrive on creating more trouble.
My personal chaos injection engine decided the set all my clothes on fire last night because I deleted "The Bold Type" from the DVR.