grinch
Meanings
Plural: grinches
Noun
- A grouch or killjoy.
- A person who is aggressively intent on ruining the Christmas holidays for others.
Verb
- To act like a grinch; to be a killjoy towards someone.
Origin / Etymology
Named after the main character in a children's book by Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1957). Coined as early as 1953, the term was initially used for a fictitious bird named the "Beagle-Beaked-Bald-Headed Grinch" in Scrambled Eggs Super!; it became associated with the character in a poem published in the May 1955 issue of Redbook, "The Hoobub and the Grinch". Likely a corruption of grouch.
Synonyms
buzzkill, cold fish, dampener, downer, fun sponge, grinch, grouch, joy killer, killjoy, miserabilist, party pooper, spoilsport, stick in the mud, wet blanket, wet rag
Scrabble Score: 12
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