What does "butthurt" mean?

A feeling of offense caused by a perceived insult or injustice.

What is a synonym for "butthurt"?

Common synonyms include: assmad, bent, buttmad, buttsore.

Butthurt

//ˈbʌtˌhɝt// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
A feeling of offense caused by a perceived insult or injustice. Internet, uncountable
"He's just full of butthurt because he wasn't allowed to join the society."

Adjective

1
Overly annoyed or bothered by a perceived insult or injustice; needlessly offended. Internet
""... oh my. dont get so butthurt, ... i cant even remember what i wrote. anyhow, no i've never been to newyork. and yes i know that graffiti started there..""

Synonyms

All synonyms

assmad bent buttmad buttsore

Example

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""... oh my. dont get so butthurt, ... i cant even remember what i wrote. anyhow, no i've never been to newyork. and yes i know that graffiti started there..""

Etymology

From butt + hurt. First use appears c. 1996 in the Usenet group alt.graffiti. See cite below.

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