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killjoy

n. a person who takes the fun out of things for other people; a party-pooper. Don’t be such a killjoy!

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"Happy to have it on the agenda so long as we aren't going to Wayne become killjoys," replied committee chair, Cllr Wayne Davies.

Call for action over jet ski bather danger

Wunker notes that after becoming a mother she did not "spend any time thinking critically." And yet, in this book she moves beyond critical thinking to productive, world-making thinking that feminist killjoys produce.

NOTES FROM A FEMINIST KILLJOY: Essays on Everyday Life

Bah humbug to the short-sighted killjoys. Don't they realise the winner of the race is saved from the abattoir?

Woolly thinking; RECORD View

CENTRAL News anchorman Bob Warman is a bit of a pantomime killjoy. Oh yes, he is.

Oh no he won't be coming to my panto

He stresses that the organisation is not a killjoy, but says it has witnessed first-hand the devastation that gambling addictions can bring.

No fanfare for our casino neighbour; GAMBLING: Salvation Army warns of the problems

KILLJOY Walt Disney bosses have forced pupils at an island school to cancel a sell-out Lion King concert.

Disney kill off kids' Lion King

North West minister Phil Woolas said: "These are not killjoy measures.

New binge drink rules unveiled

These killjoy bosses have clearly gone over to the dark side.

Sunday Mercury SAYS: Woolies humbug

But there were yet darker clouds on the horizon with the announcement from those killjoy tennis chiefs at the All England Club that there were to be no skimpy outfits on the courts this year.

THE Great British downpour; MAN OF THE PEOPLE

But killjoy customs officers have refused to allow the stunt to go ahead.

Card idea own goal

Now, I don't want to be a killjoy, but I feel that I should point out that the beer in question is almost certainly not Black Sheep as your caption suggests: all five ales produced by the Black Sheep brewery in Masham are, despite their name, brown or amber in colour.

Black beer blues

Nobody wants to be the killjoy parent when it comes to music.

Hip-hop for kids: one journalist's ideas for introducing young children to the music and culture--without the sex

The most popular persona so far seems to be Killjoy Kerry, as depicted in jokes about his long face and dour demeanor.

Probing Kerry for punch lines

HULL boss Brian Little slammed Bristol Rovers' killjoy tactics after watching his side slip to a goalless bore draw at Boothferry Park.

Football: Brian fury at Rovers; HULL 0 BRISTOL R 0

At the same time, Latin Americans claimed it as Latin American, and continental Europeans saw it as kin to their style of indirect soccer, based on possession, short passing, and territorial buildup (the Italia defensive game being a killjoy perversion).