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Definition of a pain in the arse
pain in the arse
noun
- a nuisance. Used in the UK and Australia. In the USA, "pain in the ass" is far more common.
- See more words with the same meaning: British, UK slang (list of).
Last edited on Aug 08 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 14 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'British, UK slang (list of)': | |
Definitions include: an idiotic or incompetent person. | |
Definitions include: "television". | |
Definitions include: a person's face. | |
Definitions include: a customer of a prostitute; "john". | |
Definitions include: an AK-47 assault rifle. | |
Definitions include: acronym for "good for parts only". | |
Definitions include: very good; excellent; "cool"; "awesome". | |
Definitions include: The BBC: British Broadcasting Company. | |
Definitions include: Australia, New Zealand, and UK equivalent of "fanny pack". | |
Definitions include: British slang for an Asian or Middle-Eastern person. | |
Definitions include: an effeminate guy. | |
Definitions include: to not attend school or work, without permission. | |
Definitions include: disparaging nickname for psychiatrists, used by doctors in the UK. | |
Definitions include: wealthy, upper-class. | |
Definitions include: to whine. | |
Slang terms with the same root words
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Other terms relating to 'arse': | |
Definitions include: buttocks. | |
Definitions include: to fool around. | |
Definitions include: to waste time. | |
Definitions include: feces. | |
Definitions include: the anus. | |
Definitions include: extremely drunk. | |
Definitions include: a fictional location used to denote a place that is very remote. | |
Definitions include: a great quantity. | |
Definitions include: fallen in a dramatic fashion; "head over heels". | |
Definitions include: to be taken advantage of or to suffer an unpleasant event. | |
Definitions include: to mess up. | |
Definitions include: messed up. | |
Definitions include: a disliked person. | |
Definitions include: a contemptible person. | |
Definitions include: be bothered. | |
Other terms relating to 'in': | |
Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting. | |
Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
Definitions include: involving everyone or everything. | |
Definitions include: doing something emphatically. | |
Definitions include: no chance. | |
Definitions include: something easy. | |
Definitions include: at some time before the present. | |
Definitions include: having resumed an activity that one had previously stopped performing. | |
Definitions include: included. | |
Definitions include: clitoris. | |
Definitions include: to intrude. | |
Definitions include: See barge in. | |
Definitions include: To beat someone up, inflict head injury | |
Definitions include: visible mucus in one's nostrils. | |
Definitions include: acronym for "be back in a bit", i.e. "I will return in a short amount of time." | |
Other terms relating to 'pain': | |
Definitions include: champagne to our real friends, real pain to our sham friends | |
Definitions include: being very drunk. | |
Definitions include: a bother. | |
Definitions include: a nuisance. | |
Definitions include: a nuisance. | |
Definitions include: a nuisance. | |
Definitions include: a nuisance. | |
Definitions include: something displeasurable about a product. | |
Definitions include: acronym of "pain in the ass." | |
Other terms relating to 'the': | |
Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone. | |
Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving. | |
Definitions include: interrogation. | |
Definitions include: extremely intoxicated | |
Definitions include: information. | |
Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting. | |
Definitions include: a good estimate. | |
Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
Definitions include: inclusive. | |
Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse. | |
Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing. | |
Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular. | |
Definitions include: of a male, to urinate. | |
Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them | |
Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner. | |
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