| 单词 | negative nelly |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnegative Nelly e. colloquial (originally U.S.). Preceding a forename beginning with N, forming a generic name for a person who is (habitually) negative, critical, or pessimistic. Esp. in negative Nelly and (in later use) negative Nancy.Perhaps influenced by earlier uses, Nervous Nellie n. at nervous adj. and n. Compounds 2 and Nice Nelly n. ΚΠ 1934 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 20 Aug. (Daily Mag. section) 1/8 ‘Another beauty of not going visiting,’ observed Negative Ned, ‘is that you don't have to use those tom-thumb guest towels.’ 1971 Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Mass.) 11 Dec. 15/6 We've been swamped in a barrage of talk about what's wrong with America, harangued by negative Nellies. 1999 Re: Did Anyone see This? in rec.arts.sf.starwars.collecting.misc (Usenet newsgroup) 13 May Be prepared for one or two ‘negative-Nancies’ to try to pick apart your post. 2015 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 7 July 5 Instead of just complaining and being negative Nellies, we've come up with positive alternatives. < as lemmas |
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