Talk:royal pain

RFD discussion: March–July 2022

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royal pain

Likely SOP. AFAIK, royal can collocate with anything Pious Eterino (talk) 17:46, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

Keep - it's a very specific meaning of "royal" that is not obvious outside of idiomatic use. This is also a set phrase, anyway. Theknightwho (talk) 23:41, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

Perhaps it could be a cryptic clue for king's evil (scrofula)... er, anyway, what other nouns is this used with? I've never heard "royal nuisance" or "royal annoyance". Equinox ◑ 23:45, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

’royal nuisance’ and ‘royal headache’ definitely exist along with the highly alliterative ‘right royal rogering’ though I agree with you about ‘royal annoyance’. All the same ‘royal pain’ is faintly idiomatic, so weak keep. Overlordnat1 (talk) 00:33, 15 March 2022 (UTC)

@Equinox I have actually heard "royal nuisance" before, but it feels like a derivation from this. Theknightwho (talk) 10:07, 15 March 2022 (UTC)

In Google Books Ngram Viewer,  "royal pain in the ass"  obliterates  "royal annoyance+royal headache+royal nuisance".^[1]  --Lambiam 20:32, 15 March 2022 (UTC)

• Keep as per above.  "royal pain"  obliterates  "royal annoyance+royal headache+royal nuisance".^[2] Facts707 (talk) 07:49, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
• Kept Zumbacool (talk) 17:49, 5 July 2022 (UTC)