butthurt

American  

[buht-hurt] / ˈbʌtˌhɜrt /

noun

1. mental distress or irritation caused by an overreaction to a perceived personal slight, a bad outcome, etc.

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adjective

1. feeling such mental distress or irritation.

   The comments section is full of butthurt idiots.

Etymology

Origin of butthurt

1995–2000; butt ¹ ( def. ) + hurt ( def. ); in reference to spanking a child

Example Sentences

Garcia, who was elected in 2020 and is running for reelection, last month he did a substantive interview on the podcast Butthurt Owens Valley, which is named after a red-leaning Facebook group where locals gossip and gripe.

From Los Angeles Times

“I feel like they're going to make fun of me and then I'm going to be really butthurt because it’s me, you know,” D’Amelio explained.

From Fox News

Gaming is officially no longer the monopoly of easily butthurt cishet dudebros.

From The Guardian

In a now-deleted tweet, the lobbyist linked to a six-minute video, “The Truth About Milo,” produced by InfoWars editor-at-large and noted conspiracy theorist Paul Joseph Watson, in which Watson posited that conservatives might be “banned from using the internet altogether if they trigger your butthurt.”

From Salon

Do it in public, like Harry ‘n’ Meghan, and there’s not just cousin Mavis’s private butthurt to worry about but the rubbing in of the fact that Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Theresa May are NFI’d.

From The Guardian