negaholic
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]negaholic (plural negaholics)
- (informal) A person who has a persistently negative or pessimistic outlook.
- 2012, Mark Dery, I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts: Drive-By Essays on American Dread, American Dreams, University of Minnesota Press (2012) →ISBN, page 172:
- Even so, those whom corporate trainer and management consultant Chérie Carter-Scott would call “negaholics” will take glum comfort in the news that some Americans seem to be tiring of the Pursuit of Wow.
- 2013, Tom Ward, Paul Gustavson, Ed Foreman, The Power of Living by Design, FriesenPress, →ISBN, page 77:
- An example might be a negaholic at work who is not helping you achieve your dreams. You know what a negaholic is, don't you? They are like an alcoholic that can't drink without becoming intoxicated. A negaholic can't seem to speak without griping or complaining.