The killjoy has been the fear that inflation is bubbling out of control. From Wordnik.com. [From On High] Reference
My apologies in advance if any of this sounds like nitpicking or any other kind of killjoy, buzzkill, etc. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Obama’s Diverse Shortlist] Reference
But "killjoy" Royal Mail officials were unimpressed by the colourful upgrade, vowing that they would repaint it in standard Royal Mail red. From Wordnik.com. [News round-up] Reference
'killjoy' Ms Harman from making Page Three girls 'illegal'. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
Do I warn Linda about all this and play the killjoy?. From Wordnik.com. [ChangeYourLife! Sdn. Bhd.] Reference
He did not intend any longer to play the part of a killjoy. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
It's just the sort of killjoy attitude that drives me crazy. From Wordnik.com. [readersguide Diary Entry] Reference
And I told myself that killjoy adults didn't understand love. From Wordnik.com. [The Otherworld]
We fight, but calling me a killjoy is pressing the wrong button. From Wordnik.com. [nisayon Diary Entry] Reference
He was kind of a humorless, underpowered killjoy of a superhero. From Wordnik.com. [New Captain America sighting « Third Point of Singularity] Reference
Not to be a killjoy, but this just keeps looking worse and worse. From Wordnik.com. [Star Trek Superbowl Spot] Reference
Though Kilroy is a K Street killjoy, lobbyists will probably be OK. From Wordnik.com. [House Passes Bill To Crack Down On K Street 'Scofflaws'] Reference
Now that I'm back in my old killjoy skin, I find I'm still applauding. From Wordnik.com. [Mother and Child] Reference
For my killjoy self, this is a remote, cold, insistently manufactured show. From Wordnik.com. [Oh, My Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Follows in the Footsteps of Jesus] Reference
I hate to be a killjoy, but … is this cloning of things an unalloyed good?. From Wordnik.com. [Waldo Jaquith - An extinct ibex brought back from the dead.] Reference
But this attitude-to-experience account still falls to the killjoy objection. From Wordnik.com. [Hedonism] Reference
That sounds like a killjoy, but without it, enjoyment would be even more rare. From Wordnik.com. [DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano winning over heavyweights with her persona] Reference
Not to be a killjoy, but I really see nothing funny about Mr. Tobaccowala's name. From Wordnik.com. [Daily Digest: Does Obama Need the Netroots?] Reference
But the killjoy objection presents a difficult challenge to the attitude account. From Wordnik.com. [Hedonism] Reference
Shakespeare's theatre could not afford to let the killjoy challenge go unanswered. From Wordnik.com. [Shakespeare]
Labour was no longer the killjoy party of envy but the hedonistic party of excess. From Wordnik.com. [Simon Jenkins: Toasting Tony] Reference
Was I supposed to be the killjoy, the guy who pulled the plug on all the excitement?. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: Selig's 'Sorry' Testimony] Reference
Dash it, but honor could sometimes be a dreary killjoy of a weight on the conscience. From Wordnik.com. [No Man's Mistress]
Rep. Lamar Smith returned to his role as designated killjoy asked the room be cleared. From Wordnik.com. [Notes from the Non-Impeachment Hearings] Reference
Proponents of the attitude account might try various responses to the killjoy objection. From Wordnik.com. [Hedonism] Reference
I'm sorry to be a killjoy, but maybe we're starting to back and fill on this a little bit. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 10, 2002] Reference
The free market - it sounds so liberated from those horrible killjoy laws and regulations. From Wordnik.com. [Tina Dupuy: Limbaugh: Viagra for Grand Old and Aging Party] Reference
The amount of memory in the computer is probably a bigger killjoy than the measured speed. From Wordnik.com. [First look: Firefox 4 Beta 1 shines on HTML5] Reference
She did not want to end up on everybody's nomination list for being a killjoy and a prude. From Wordnik.com. [Dead Famous]
"I'm not going to offer it to you again, nor anything else either, you great hulking killjoy.". From Wordnik.com. [Archie's Mistake] Reference
Now, let me close by saying that I don't mean to be a killjoy about what last night may have meant. From Wordnik.com. [Palpitations...And No Pride To Speak Of.] Reference
Like "Kids," "Clueless" proceeds without killjoy grown-ups or antagonists: no Office Krupke, no Jim Backus in an apron. From Wordnik.com. [Drugs, Sex, Whatever] Reference
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