nark vs royal pain

nark

noun
  • An unpleasant person, especially one who makes things difficult for others. 

  • A police spy or informer. 

verb
  • To stop. 

  • To annoy or irritate. 

  • To serve or behave as a spy or informer. 

  • To complain. 

  • To watch; to observe. 

royal pain

noun
  • Someone or something which is very angering, annoying or disgusting. 

How often have the words nark and royal pain occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )