PITA

I don’t know that as a writer I’ve necessarily priced jobs high that I didn’t want to do, but I do add what I call the PITA tax, which means pain-in-the-ass, and there are definitely some projects and some clients that deserve every penny of the PITA tax.

Kristine Kathryn Rusch » Freelancer’s Survival Guide, Money Part 6 2009

Okay, I * just* figured out the acronym PITA (had been trying to figure out how your child was a flatbread) and LOVE IT.

Home Alone | Her Bad Mother 2010

The reason not to dual boot is because it is a PITA for a single application and it makes it hard to integrate (i.e. cut/paste) programs.

Win 7′s XP Mode Needs Virtualisation-Friendly Processor, Licensed XP | Lifehacker Australia 2009

Figuring out how to perform blood sacrifices with fossils is going to be a PITA too.

"In the light of a golden calf. Oh god, I had to laugh." greygirlbeast 2010

I love Dropbox but the Symbolic work around is a PITA.

SugarSync Offers 2GB Of Free Windows/Mac/Mobile Syncing | Lifehacker Australia 2009

It's possible but a PITA with Windows because it detects it as different hardware when you boot on the iron vs. when you boot in the VM.

Win 7′s XP Mode Needs Virtualisation-Friendly Processor, Licensed XP | Lifehacker Australia 2009

If you gave them a suitcase of money and a ticket home, they'd be a PITA wherever they landed.

WHY DID YOU LEAVE MEXICO AND RETURN TO THE US/CANADA OR ELSEWHERE? 2010

What province is it a “major PITA” in to get or renew a card?

Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Health Care Bill At 60 2009

The Taliban could have been convinced to stop allowing Al Qaeda to reside in their territory once they thought Al Qaeda was too much of a PITA because of the heat it brought down on them.

Matthew Yglesias » Gettleman on Somalia 2009

The result is that it is now a major PITA for legitimate Canadians to get or renew a card.

Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Health Care Bill At 60 2009