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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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ECOnomics effort I am the last person to be a killjoy but a village bonfire can be a massive pile of bank notes awaiting destruction.

MONEY TO BURN! why your bonfire could be more costly than you think

Becoming a rock makes you a killjoy from the dog's point of view.

Canine confrontations

Unfortunate indeed the AA speaker whose lecture, one gathers, exhibited a killjoy and complacent anti-Americanism; for Rowe then delivered, by previous invitation, the elaborately contemptuous vote of thanks reprinted here.

As I Was Saying: Recollections and Miscellaneous Essays, 3 vols

On the subject of not being a killjoy, however, more and more studies are coming out emphatically pointing to alcohol being good for the heart, helping to prevent the blood clotting and thereby cutting the risk of heart attacks.

All it takes is to drink in moderation; DAILY POST YOUR VOICE IN WALES

THAILAND'S top flight lost part of its soul last week when killjoy bosses forced colourful clubs to change their names.

Bang out of order; WORLD OF FOOTBALL

WITHOUT wishing to sound like a Christmas killjoy, how is it that householders, pensioners, businesses and the like are told to save electricity by turning down washing machine temperatures, buying energysaving light bulbs and to have energy-efficient certificates in these Home Improvement Packs which are now in force?

Letter: Mixed messages; Voice of the North

with some po-faced council killjoy trying to take 'em down.

BUSHELL ON THE BOX: SMALL joys of TV

You may call me a killjoy, but I call it having principles and also I am not a vegetarian.

No barbecues in park; Mailbag

ICE cream vans have been banned from stopping outside schools by a killjoy council.

School ban freezes ice cream vans; CHILDREN

KILLJOY bosses are clamping down on workers having fun in the office, hitting morale and cutting out playful pranks, according to a new report.

All work... no play

It was the perfect way to settle a family affair but killjoy Beijing boss Lee Jang-soo, living up to his Iron Face nickname, moaned: "I wasn't happy with the brothers' performance.

It's the brother of all sibling rivalries; WORLD OF FOOTBALL

I am not a killjoy but have some consideration for older people please.

Letter: YOUR SHOUT - The firework misery starts

KILLJOY telly bosses have decided to edit out the breast bits of Celebrity Wrestling.

Eamonn: Man of the People: A grip of all right

Killjoy rugby bosses put the dampeners on another Welsh Boxing Day tradition with a stern letter addressed to every club last week.