first world problem

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First World + problem

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first world problem (plural first world problems)

  1. A complaint or frustration experienced only by privileged individuals in wealthy countries.
    Synonym: Cadillac problem
    It is really inconvenient to have our second fridge taking up space in the garage rather than being up and running – but that's definitely a first world problem.
    • 1995, “Omissions of the Omen”, in Matthew Good Band (music), Last of the Ghetto Astronauts:
      Someone would love to have my first world problems / Kill the moon and turn out the sun / Lock your door and load your gun / Free at last now the time has come to choose
    • 2010 April 6, “First World Problem”, in MC Frontalot (music), Zero Day:
      Phone's OS is outta date (first world problem) / Colors won't calibrate (first world problem) / They never stock the snack you want (first world problem) / Caught herpes from a celebutante (first world problem) / Got wallhacked in PVP (first world problem) / Oh no, HD-DVD (first world problem)
    • 2012 February 13, “The ‘Top 100 First World Problems’ According to Scooter Magruder (Video)”, in Huffington Post[1], retrieved 2012-02-28:
      First world problems are not legitimate problems, but the minuscule annoyances that occur on a day-to-day basis in well-off, developed countries. Low cell phone battery? #firstworldproblems. Your hot water takes a while to get hot? #firstworldproblems.
    • 2012 February 17, Jeremy Campbell, “‘It’s a First-World problem’”, in Fox 13 News[2], archived from the original on 25 February 2013:
      "My brand new phone got scratched on the first day that I got it," said Monica Menkis. That's a First World problem.

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