botheration

[ both-uh-rey-shuhn ]

interjection

1. (used as an exclamation indicating vexation or annoyance.)

noun

1. the act or state of bothering or the state of being bothered.

botheration

/ ˌbɒðəˈreɪʃən /

noun

1. another word for bother bother

Word History and Origins

Origin of botheration¹

First recorded in 1790–1800; bother + -ation

Example Sentences

“Hmm, hmm, me Lord Abbot Cedric. It is Cedric, isn’t it? Oh botheration, you’ll be the new Abbot, Mortimer, the one who came after Cedric. Oh dear me, I see so many of them come and go, you know. Hmm, hmm, me Lord Abbot Mortimer and members of Redwall, I refer to a record of winter, six years back.”

From Literature

But he never wants to stop taking the mic, at the Comedy Store or across the country, and churning his botheration into laughs.

From Washington Post

“Y’all got a colored doctor down there. Don’t be bringin’ all this botheration to me.”

From Literature

“Don’t ever do that to me again! That’s about all the botheration a body can stand for one day!”

From Literature

“Blast anil botheration!” exclaimed Digory.

From Literature