The term "First World problem" first appeared in 1979 in G.K. Payne's work "Built Environment", but gained recognition as an internet meme beginning in 2005, particularly on social networking sites like Twitter (where it became a popular hashtag).
The term "First World problem" first appeared in 1979 in G.K. Payne's work "Built Environment". The show did manage to populariz the term in Sweden before it gained recognition as an internet meme beginning in 2005, particularly on social networking sites like Twitter (where it became a popular hashtag).