Killjoy, grinch, spoilsport, etc.
Hi,
Could somebody please take a loop at the following list and tell me which items are common in modern English?
1) killjoy
2) wet blanket ( and/or wet-blanket?)
3) spoilsport
4) grinch
5) buzzkill ( and/or buzzkiller?)
6) crepehanger ( and/or crapehanger?)
7) pain in the neck (ass, etc.)
Q1: All the words/expressions on the list 1) ... 7) mean pretty much the same thing, don't they?
Q2: None of the items is dated?
Q3: None of the items is impolite/rude?
Also, if there are other common enough words/expressions synonymous with "killjoy", etc., could you please add them to the list?
Thank you very much!
Top answer
In the US: 1. ", but this term had its heyday in the 1950s and 1960s. 2.
- In the US: 1.
- ", but this term had its heyday in the 1950s and 1960s.
- 2.
- Wet blanket is heard, but not often, and offhand I don't know exactly what it means without looking it up.
- 3.
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In the US:
1. Killjoy is heard, as in "Don't be a killjoy.", but this term had its heyday in the 1950s and 1960s.
2. Wet blanket is heard, but not often, and offhand I don't know exactly what it means without looking it up.
3. Spoilsport is heard, as in "Don't be a spoilsport."
4. Grinch is heard, as in "Don't be the Grinch who stole Xmas." The meaning of kill
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