party pooper
Noun
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Noun
party pooper (plural party poopers)
- (informal) One who dampens fun; especially, one who declines to participate in or enjoy a party or some other group activity; one who does not agree with the opinions of a group.
- 1971, Robert Yoakum, "[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=28IUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GuEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3439,4765223&dq=party-pooper Scrooging up courage for a party]," Eugene Register-Guardian, 19 Dec., p. 11A:
- Call me anti-social, call me a holiday-hater, call me Scrooge, call me a party-pooper—call me anything, but please don't call me about a party you're giving because I won't come.
- 2001, Tony Karon, "[http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,169801,00.html?iid=fb_share Who's a Racist? Can a UN Conference Decide?]," Time, 1 Aug.:
- Still, it's not something that any country can easily walk away from—not even a Bush administration that has made a habit of being the party pooper in international forums.
- 1971, Robert Yoakum, "[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=28IUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GuEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3439,4765223&dq=party-pooper Scrooging up courage for a party]," Eugene Register-Guardian, 19 Dec., p. 11A:
- buzzkill, killjoy, spoilsport; see also Thesaurus:spoilsport
- party-pooping
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