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The one who points out the fun has a flaw, usually correctly.
means Someone who ruins others' fun by refusing to join in or by pointing out why the fun shouldn't be happening.
from A straightforward compound from the late 1800s: 'spoil' plus 'sport,' sport here meaning fun or amusement in general, not athletics. One who spoils the sport — simple as that, no hidden twist.
- origin
- coined early 1900s, from spoil plus sport
- cousin term
- related to killjoy and wet blanket
- irony
- often right, which makes it worse
- social role
- enforces rules nobody wanted enforced