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buzzkill

or buzz kill

[ buhz-kil ]

noun

Slang.
  1. a person or thing that spoils the mood or the pleasure of others:

    Enforcement of strict park rules could be a buzzkill for concertgoers.



buzzkill

/ 藞b蕦z藢k瑟l蓹; 藞b蕦z藢k瑟l /

noun

  1. slang.
    someone or something that stops people from enjoying themselves
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of buzzkill1

First recorded in 1990鈥95; buzz ( def ) (in the sense 鈥渇eeling of excitement鈥) + kill 1( def ) (in the sense 鈥渢o spoil鈥)
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And after such a successful opening weekend, it鈥檚 no major surprise that the excerpt from the Variety write-up was received like a buzzkill showing up to a rager-in-progress.

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Believe me, I鈥檓 completely aware that I sound like a Scrooge, a buzzkill harping and carping about innocuous movies that are meant to be little more than background noise while people scroll on their phones.

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Of course, as 鈥淢onte Cristo鈥 plays out, we鈥檙e meant to question all that is wrought by a cold-justice mindset, and yes, those lessons become a bit of a moral buzzkill.

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The defeat was a buzzkill for a Rams team that had rebounded from a 1-4 start to defeat the Las Vegas Raiders, Minnesota Vikings and Seattle Seahawks.

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Kicking off the season in September was the aptly titled 鈥淏uzzkill,鈥 which opens with a pilot losing control of his small plane after flying into a massive swarm of bees.

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