# "Butthurt"?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butthurt/685743>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 9, 2014, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butthurt/685743 "2014-04-09T19:09:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butthurt/685743/61 "2014-04-11T00:39:54Z")

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> [@Malthus](#):
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> Makes sense if the implication is that ‘your pain is childish whining - like a kid’s after being spanked’. Does not make sense if the implication is ‘you have been raped in the ass’. You would _expect_ someone to be in pain if they have been raped in the ass, and their pain would deserve sympathy.

Nah, those people are just butthurt. 🙂

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butthurt/685743/62 "2014-04-11T01:02:25Z")

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I read it as meaning a general pain in the ass, nothing more specific than that.

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**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2014, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butthurt/685743/63 "2014-07-14T13:31:08Z")

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This just in… George Takei used the word so it can’t be an anti-gay slur!

> **[George Takei](https://www.facebook.com/georgehtakei/posts/1000670609962392)**
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> If you don't follow our sister page Oh Myyy, you're missing half the fun. It's a bit "edgier," so don't follow if you're easily butthurt.

“If you don’t follow our sister page Oh Myyy, you’re missing half the fun. It’s a bit “edgier,” so don’t follow if you’re easily butthurt.”

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2014, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butthurt/685743/64 "2014-07-14T14:55:04Z")

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I saw the term used frequently in WoW chat windows and forums. Mainly, somebody didn’t get the drop (treasure item) they wanted from a raid and got all butthurt: that is, they threw a fit in guild chat or complained publicly.

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butthurt/685743/65 "2014-07-15T00:01:43Z")

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“_If soldiers are punished before they have grown attached to you, they will not prove submissive;  
and, unless submissive, then will be practically useless. If, when the soldiers have become attached  
to you, punishments are not enforced, they will be butthurt._”

― Sun Tzu, \*\*The Art of War \*\*

There ya go.

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