butthurt
See also: butt-hurt
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
butt + hurt. First use appears c. 1996 in the Usenet group alt.graffiti. See cite below.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbʌtˌhɝt/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbʌtˌhɜːt/
Audio (AU) (file) - Hyphenation: butt‧hurt
Adjective edit
butthurt (comparative more butthurt, superlative most butthurt)
- (Internet slang, vulgar) Overly annoyed or bothered by a perceived insult or injustice; needlessly offended.
Translations edit
(slang) overly annoyed or bothered by a perceived insult; needlessly offended
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Noun edit
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 edit
Translations edit
(slang) upset caused by a perceived insult or injustice
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See also edit
References edit
- Jonathon Green (2024) “butt-hurt adj.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
- “butthurt, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.