Friday, October 17, 2014

Lesson 267--buzzkills and killjoys


It is odd what you find when you do a google search.  She's a buzzkill, but...
 
Thinking back to Wednesday's lesson (Lesson 266), I realized I should have taught you some names for people who take the fun out of things.  The following is a short list, and most of them are slang expressions, but you will find them useful.  By the way, these nouns are all countable.

 

Buzzkill                           Killjoy

Wet blanket                    Downer

examples

Don't invite Craig!  He's such a buzzkill.

Timothy was such a wet blanket than nobody invited him to parties.

Being an absolute downer made Gwen very unpopular.  She was such a killjoy that even her parents found her annoying.

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