Hypertext Webster Gateway: "botheration"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Botheration \Both`er*a"tion\, n.
The act of bothering, or state of being bothered; cause of
trouble; perplexity; annoyance; vexation. [Colloq.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
botheration
n 1: the state of being bothered
2: something or someone that causes trouble; a source of
unhappiness; "a bit of a bother" [syn: {annoyance}, {nuisance},
{bother}, {pain}, {pain in the neck}, {pain in the ass}]
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