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UK
/bˌɒðəɹˈeɪʃən/
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NOUN
- the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
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something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
a bit of a bother
he's not a friend, he's an infliction
washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer
How To Use botheration In A Sentence
- The fact is that the LSC's mistakes were simply human errors, compensation for which was adequately reflected in the offer of £50 by way of botheration payment.
- In fact, perhaps what is lurking underneath all your botheration is the idea that a Muslim has shot his fellow soldiers, this has terrible ramifications that you want to leave to others to “parse,” and none of these conclusions are politically correct. NSFW: After Fort Hood, another example of how ‘citizen journalists’ can’t handle the truth
- Part of France's botheration could be the absence of new adolescent aptitude.
- ‘We get eight per cent commission, and have no other botheration,’ says Mr. Moosa.
- And as the last few miles had shown, the Defiant wasn't a great winter car - the defroster took forever, and shifting was a botheration.
- The assurance of the sites you are ambidextrous with isto ensure you get the appropriate thing, as well be accustomed with the botheration is apparently the fitting. Think Progress » Don Blankenship Called Safety Regulators ‘As Silly As Global Warming’
- Oh botheration! I can't find my keys anywhere.
- The others, having reached the door, turned round, and, finding that the youth did not follow them, one of them called to him with a tone of some authority; whereupon the young man rose, and, pronouncing half audibly the word "botheration," rose and followed them. Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest
- As far as botheration currently goes, Mr Banker rates about a 2 and the latest reactionary strike against equality, and actual lives being hurt, a 95. Another quick update
- The complete failure to adhere to any semblance of plausible physical law — I am sure neither momentum nor energy are conserved for more than 30 seconds after the titles conclude — far trumps for me any notional botheration about which came first, civilized Mayans or civilized Babylonians. The Volokh Conspiracy » Unnecessary Falsehoods: