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Pain in the ass

noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    Something or someone that causes discomfort, frustration, or annoyance. Canada, US, countable, idiomatic, slang, uncountable, vulgar

    "Strangely enough, the days I spent at this pain-in-the-ass job were some of my most memorable and valuable."

  2. 2
    something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness wordnet
  3. 3
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pain, in, the, ass. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Dysphemistically modelled after pain in the neck. First attested in the early to mid-20th century.

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