negative Nancy
noun1
Derogatory, Idiomatic, Informal A person who is considered excessively and disagreeably pessimistic.
- 2001, Sara Jane Sluke, Vanessa Torres, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Dealing with Stress for Teens "Be wary of being a Negative Nancy."
- "You're being negative Nancy today,"2002, Angela Winters, Dangerous Memories - Page 133
2 more examples
- "Finally, if you tell a Negative Nancy about your secret plans, she might doubt that you'll get your heart's desire."2008, B. Jain Publishers, Cosmic Love - Page 15
- “Don’t worry about the basement Bobbys or negative Nancys,” read the sign held by Morgan Morrison, 28, the mother of a second grader who “lost her mask on the second day.”2020 August 12, Richard Fausset, “925 Quarantined for Covid. Is This a Successful School Reopening?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Aug 2020:
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