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Botheration

//ˌbɒðəˈɹeɪʃn̩// intj, noun

Definitions

Intj
  1. 1
    A mild expression of annoyance or exasperation: bother! dated, humorous, often

    ""Botheration ! Who cares ? Why don't you ask if [our ancestors] carried pocket-books ?""

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being bothered; annoyance, vexation. dated, humorous, often, uncountable

    "1803, William Blake, Letter to his brother James Blake dated 30 January, 1803, in The Poetry and Prose of William Blake, edited by David V. Erdman, New York: Doubleday Anchor, 1970, p. 696, I write in great haste & with a head full of botheration about various projected works …"

  2. 2
    something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness wordnet
  3. 3
    An act of bothering or annoying. countable, dated, humorous, often
  4. 4
    the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed wordnet
  5. 5
    A person or thing that causes bother, inconvenience, trouble, etc. countable, dated, humorous, often

    "[...] the by-products and botherations that go with pleasures make it hardly worth it. Sex is supposedly life's greatest pleasure and look what it gives you."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From bother + -ation (suffix indicating an action or process, or its result).

Etymology 2

From bother + -ation (suffix indicating an action or process, or its result).

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