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butthurt

(Internet slang, slightly, vulgar) Overly annoyed or bothered by a perceived insult or injustice; needlessly offended.

ˈbʌtˌhɝtDocumented since 1990s1990sMillennialhistoricalCurrent1.3K viewsLast reviewed Jun 29, 2026+ Add a definition
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Born ~1996 · 1 year of recorded use
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#1·Apr 26, 2026

(Internet slang, slightly, vulgar) Overly annoyed or bothered by a perceived insult or injustice; needlessly offended.

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  • “Perhaps. I still think there has to be at least a small team telling the AI to ban shit like this though if that were the case. Will Stancil and his ilk are so butthurt about getting clowned on by trans women it's sad”

  • “Just waiting for someone from Alberta to get butthurt that she's not from "the west"”

  • “Justice Samuel Alito sure can be a little butthurt bitch whenever you call out his nakedly partisan rulings: www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme...”

"... oh my. dont get so butthurt, ... i cant even remember what i wrote. anyhow, no i've never been to newyork. and yes i know that graffiti started there.."
Origin: From . First use appears c. 1996 in the Usenet group alt.graffiti. See cite below. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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  • “Perhaps. I still think there has to be at least a small team telling the AI to ban shit like this though if that were the case. Will Stancil and his ilk are so butthurt about getting clowned on by trans women it's sad”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Just waiting for someone from Alberta to get butthurt that she's not from "the west"”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Justice Samuel Alito sure can be a little butthurt bitch whenever you call out his nakedly partisan rulings: www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme...”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “men used to go to war now they get offended and butthurt on social media #bringbackthedraft”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “To sum up, Trump is mad that every time he said he called Iran, Iran would say he absolutely didn’t & now he’s being whiny & butthurt. Trump is what we call where I’m from “caught lying on his dick””

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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Avoid at work
#2·Apr 26, 2026

(Internet slang, slightly, vulgar) A feeling of offense caused by a perceived insult or injustice.

He's just full of butthurt because he wasn't allowed to join the society.
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