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Good morning.

I hope all of you had a nice weekend. Today we will finish up our series of Daily Vitamins about a slang word: ass/arse. Remember that these words and their expressions are considered rude and should be used with caution.

Today's expression is: a pain in the ass/arse

Meaning: a person or thing that is very annoying.

Example 1:
Matilda is such a pain in the ass! Everytime I see her she tries to convince me to buy a lottery ticket for her school's fundraising programme. I've alread bought two. I wish she would leave me alone!

We also say a pain in the neck (see Daily Vitamins from April 18th, 2004 and January 25th, 2007), or a pain in the butt.

For more informaiton about the words ass/arse, see the following section from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arse

If you have any questions about today's Daily Vitamin, don't send me an email; it's a pain in the ass to receive them. Instead, get your ass in gear and use the Daily Vitamin Plus! forum section on our website (www.ziggurat.es).

Have a good day.