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Noun: pain in the neck
Usage: informal
  1. Something or someone that causes annoyance, inconvenience, or makes life more difficult
    "washing dishes was a pain in the neck before we got a dish washer";
    - annoyance, bother, botheration [informal], pain, infliction, nuisance, irritation

Derived forms: pains in the neck

Type of: negative stimulus

Encyclopedia: Pain in the neck