pain in the ass
(idiomatic, slang, vulgar, North America) Something or someone that causes discomfort, frustration or annoyance.
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its mostly just a pain in the ass for typing. which. unfortunately i have to do a lot of typing
God I wish Krita had a more intuitive means of exporting out individual layers. I do a lot of gesture studies on separate layers and it's a pain in the ass to export them. Especially on my tablet.
my power supply on my pc is dying and we don't have a car >:[ we can still get it to repair place. it's just a pain in the ass
Yeah, that was a pain in the ass
*points to the mirror* ur mom is a pain in the ass rn
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(idiomatic, slang, vulgar, North America) Something or someone that causes discomfort, frustration or annoyance.
“its mostly just a pain in the ass for typing. which. unfortunately i have to do a lot of typing”
“God I wish Krita had a more intuitive means of exporting out individual layers. I do a lot of gesture studies on separate layers and it's a pain in the ass to export them. Especially on my tablet.”
“my power supply on my pc is dying and we don't have a car >:[ we can still get it to repair place. it's just a pain in the ass”
Strangely enough, the days I spent at this pain-in-the-ass job were some of my most memorable and valuable.
“its mostly just a pain in the ass for typing. which. unfortunately i have to do a lot of typing”
— Bluesky· May 2026“God I wish Krita had a more intuitive means of exporting out individual layers. I do a lot of gesture studies on separate layers and it's a pain in the ass to export them. Especially on my tablet.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“my power supply on my pc is dying and we don't have a car >:[ we can still get it to repair place. it's just a pain in the ass”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Yeah, that was a pain in the ass”
— Bluesky· May 2026“*points to the mirror* ur mom is a pain in the ass rn”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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