party pooper
a person who spoils other people's enjoyment
TRANSLATION
party pooper = der Spielverderber, die Spaßbremse --- GOOGLE INDEX party pooper: approximately 380,000 Google hits
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IN THE PRESS
BBC Europe Editor Mark Mardell says Britain looks like a PARTY POOPER as its refuses to join in with the EU budget games.
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I don't want to be an Earth Day PARTY POOPER, but this does not look like the future. Chicago, for one, is not an ideal place for solar power…
(BusinessWeek magazine)
(BBC News)
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I don't want to be an Earth Day PARTY POOPER, but this does not look like the future. Chicago, for one, is not an ideal place for solar power…
(BusinessWeek magazine)
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party pooper
noun phrase
- someone who spoils other people's enjoyment by disapproving of or not taking part in a particular activity
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
One can only guess at the origin of the word "pooper," but a good place to start is "nincompoop," which means a disagreeable person. This odd word is thought to be a mutation of the Latin term "non compos mentis," meaning "not of sound mind." This theory has never been proven however, leaving most etymology experts to believe that it is merely a nonsense word.
What is likely is that the word "pooper," which among other things refers to a silly, foolish or stupid person, derived from "nincompoop" since they share a common meaning. Thus a party pooper is a person who, through their disagreeable personality or attitude, ruins other people's fun.
A person in a train who tells others to keep quiet because they are making a lot of noice might be accused of being a party pooper, as would someone who always has something negative to say during a discussion or in response to other people's comments.
Party pooper can also refer in a teasing way to someone who refuses to participate in an activity, even though it might be for good reason. In this case, it expresses disappointment in a good-natured way because others really want the person to participate (Come on John, don't be a party pooper!).
A person can be accused of being a party pooper through other expressions as well:
- he rained on my parade
- he took all the fun out of it
- he put a damper on it
- he burst my balloon
- he stole my thunder
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SYNONYMS
drip, fuddy-duddy, grouch, killjoy, malcontent, sourpuss, spoilsport, stick-in-the-mud, wet blanket
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ANTONYMS
celebrator, the life of the party, a live wire
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"Hey Bob, don't be a party pooper! At least join the office party for a short while."
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QUICK, BEFORE YOU GO, TEST YOUR MEMORY !!
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noun phrase
- someone who spoils other people's enjoyment by disapproving of or not taking part in a particular activity
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
One can only guess at the origin of the word "pooper," but a good place to start is "nincompoop," which means a disagreeable person. This odd word is thought to be a mutation of the Latin term "non compos mentis," meaning "not of sound mind." This theory has never been proven however, leaving most etymology experts to believe that it is merely a nonsense word.
What is likely is that the word "pooper," which among other things refers to a silly, foolish or stupid person, derived from "nincompoop" since they share a common meaning. Thus a party pooper is a person who, through their disagreeable personality or attitude, ruins other people's fun.
A person in a train who tells others to keep quiet because they are making a lot of noice might be accused of being a party pooper, as would someone who always has something negative to say during a discussion or in response to other people's comments.
Party pooper can also refer in a teasing way to someone who refuses to participate in an activity, even though it might be for good reason. In this case, it expresses disappointment in a good-natured way because others really want the person to participate (Come on John, don't be a party pooper!).
A person can be accused of being a party pooper through other expressions as well:
- he rained on my parade
- he took all the fun out of it
- he put a damper on it
- he burst my balloon
- he stole my thunder
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SYNONYMS
drip, fuddy-duddy, grouch, killjoy, malcontent, sourpuss, spoilsport, stick-in-the-mud, wet blanket
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ANTONYMS
celebrator, the life of the party, a live wire
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"Hey Bob, don't be a party pooper! At least join the office party for a short while."
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QUICK, BEFORE YOU GO, TEST YOUR MEMORY !!
Do you remember Friday's OWAD?
What's the missing phrase?
der Erfolgsmensch, der Star, das As = H _ _ _ _ _ _
"To attract H _ _ _ _ _ _ programmers we need to offer a good salary and bonuses."
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