first world problem

plural first world problems · alternative First World problem · alternative first-world problem

1. A complaint or frustration regarded as trivial that is experienced only by inhabitants in wealthy or developed nations.

   The South African housing problem is not a First World problem, it says.

   1979, To the Point News in Depth, volume 8, numbers 18-35, page 21

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   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

   1995, “Omissions of the Omen”, in Matthew Good Band (music), Last of the Ghetto Astronauts

   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)

   2010 April 6, “First World Problem”, in MC Frontalot (music), Zero Day

   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 13, “The ‘Top 100 First World Problems’ According to Scooter Magruder (Video)”, in Huffington Post, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2019, retrieved 28 Feb 2012

   "My brand new phone got scratched on the first day that I got it," said Monica Menkis. That's a First World problem.

   2012 February 17, Jeremy Campbell, “‘It’s a First-World problem’”, in Fox 13 News, archived from the original on 25 Feb 2013

   Synonyms: Cadillac problem, FWP

plural First World problems

1. Alternative letter-case form of first world problem.