first world problem

Or First World problem

noun

Slang: Usually Facetious.

1. a fairly minor problem, frustrating situation, or complaint associated with a relatively high standard of living, as opposed to the more serious problems associated with poverty.

   I’m bored with all my electronic gadgets—such a first world problem!

Word History and Origins

Origin of first world problem¹

1995–2000; with reference to the First World , the wealthiest countries in the world

Example Sentences

Related: I have a ‘mundane’ First World problem: Should I buy a $30,000 bracelet?

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Isn’t this a “First World problem,” a form of privileged whining or a self-indulgent bid for tea and sympathy?

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"It's the biggest first world problem you're ever going to get. You should look at that as an opportunity, not as a problem."

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Endocrinologist Chitra Selvan says doctors are "not well trained in the art of communication" and when you speak of fat shaming, many think "it's a first world problem".

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Some dismiss aging as a “first world problem,” for the world’s richest to figure out in countries dotted across Asia, Nordic regions and the West, not African lands where life expectancies have the average person living into just their 50s.

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