See fun sponge on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "Suggesting that such a person, etc. would suck up the fun as a sponge sucks up water.",
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"Someone who or something that takes the fun out of life; a killjoy."
],
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"(figurative, informal, derogatory) Someone who or something that takes the fun out of life; a killjoy."
],
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},
{
"word": "killjoy"
},
{
"word": "spoilsport"
}
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"etymology_text": "Suggesting that such a person, etc. would suck up the fun as a sponge sucks up water.",
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"Someone who or something that takes the fun out of life; a killjoy."
],
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"(figurative, informal, derogatory) Someone who or something that takes the fun out of life; a killjoy."
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"word": "fun sponge"
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