party-pooper

[poo-per]

party pooper

[poo-per]
noun Slang.
a person who hasn't the interest or vitality to participate actively in a social party and whose mood, attitude, or personality lessens others' enjoyment; killjoy.
Also called poop.


Origin:
1940–45; poop2 + -er1
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Party-pooper is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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party-pooper definition


  1. n.
    the first person to leave a party; someone who ruins a party because of dullness or by leaving early. : Don't invite Martha. She's such a party-pooper.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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