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royal pain en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (derogatory, often, slang) Someone or something that is very annoying.
   • And while the spine's no doubt a miraculous array of vertebrae, ligaments, muscle and nerve tissue, it can also be a royal pain in the... well, lower back region. 1992 February, Cincinnati Magazine, volume 25, number 5, page 71:
   • In fact, the only thing royal about you is that you are a royal pain! 2011, Amy Keating Rogers, The Best Night Ever, spoken by Rarity:
2. (derogatory, often, slang) A feeling of being very annoyed.
   • He gave out a big yawn while he said that. Which is something that gives me a royal pain in the ass. 1951 July 16, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, page 37:

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Translations (3)

es más pesado que una vaca en brazos (someone angering) · fi kiusankappale (someone angering) · hu rendkívül/hihetetlenül kiállhatatlan alak (someone angering)