# "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:** 1
**Showing post:** 55

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2014, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butthurt/685743/55 "2014-04-10T19:58:35Z")

</div>

> [@Is "butt hurt" an anti-gay slur?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-butt-hurt-an-anti-gay-slur/652597/4):
>
> I always read it to mean “pissy in the manner of a small child who just got spanked and is acting indignant over something that was both petty and well deserved”.

> [@Pedro](#):
>
> I always assumed it was a reference to anal sex. The person seeks the sex, supposedly because it’s pleasurable, but then complains after the act because their butt is sore.

I imagine somebody slipping on a banana peel, falling down, resentfully rubbing their hurt ass, _then peering around for somebody to blame when it’s their own damn fault._ Butthurt.

---

_[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butthurt/685743)._