butthurt

See also: butt-hurt

English

Alternative forms

butt-hurt

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbʌtˌhɝt/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbʌtˌhɜːt/
Audio (AU) (file)
Hyphenation: butt‧hurt

Adjective

butthurt (comparative more butthurt, superlative most butthurt)

(Internet slang, vulgar) Overly annoyed or bothered by a perceived insult or injustice; needlessly offended.
Synonyms: assmad, buttsore, buttmad
- 1996 November 12, kev...@aol.com, “WRITERS WITH HALF A BRAIN”, in alt.graffiti‎ (Usenet):
  "... 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.."

Translations

(slang) overly annoyed or bothered by a perceived insult; needlessly offended

Danish: tøsefornærmet, have ondt i røven
French: offusqué (fr)
Hungarian: sértődött (hu), sértett (hu), érzékenykedős
Malay: koyak (ms)
Spanish: encabronado (es), emputado (es)

Noun

butthurt (uncountable)

(Internet slang, vulgar) A feeling of offense caused by a perceived insult or injustice.
He's just full of butthurt because he wasn't allowed to join the society.
- 2015, J. S. Frankel, Picture (im)perfect, page 138:
  The amount of butthurt in this scenario was phenomenal […]

Related terms

pain in the butt

Translations

(slang) upset caused by a perceived insult or injustice

Finnish: mielensäpahoitus, peppukipeys, peppukipu (fi)
German: Arschleid n
Hungarian: sértettség (hu)
Malay: koyak (ms) (slang)
Polish: ból dupy (pl) m
Russian: батхёрт m (batxjórt), баттхёрт (ru) m (battxjórt), попобо́ль f (popobólʹ), бомбану́тый пука́н m (bombanútyj pukán) (neologisms, slang, no established equivalents exist)

See also

References

Jonathon Green (2024) “butt-hurt adj.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
“butthurt, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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