pain in the butt

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pain in the butt

noun pains in the butt

  1. Canada, US, informal A nuisance; a source of trouble or annoyance. The customers love it, but the employees think the new system is a pain in the butt.

    Similar: pain in the neck, pain in the rear, pain in the ass, pain in the arse, pain in the bum, pain in the back

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@misc{pain_in_the_butt_2026,
  title = {pain in the butt},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pain%20in%20the%20butt},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}