pain in the bum

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pain in the bum

noun pains in the bum

Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang Someone or something very annoying. 2000, Max Allen, Crush: The New Australian Wine Book This is fine and dandy for the wineries and the consumer […] but it’s a pain in the bum for people like me who have to pigeonhole everybody to make them fit nicely in a book.
Similar: pain in the arse, pain in the ass, pain in the butt, pain in the neck

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@misc{pain_in_the_bum_2026,
  title = {pain in the bum},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pain%20in%20the%20bum},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}