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szdaily -> Speak Shenzhen -> 
Buzzkill 扫兴的人/事
    2019-10-10  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

A: How was your vacation? I heard you went to South America.

B: My holiday was amazing, but on the way back my plane was delayed for over six hours. That was a major buzzkill! How about you?

A: I stayed in town. I found a new place closer to my office and was excited to move in. But it was a huge buzzkill when I discovered cockroaches in the kitchen.

B: You’d better put some pesticide there. Cockroaches multiply really fast.

Note: This is a slang term that refers to someone or something that stops people from enjoying themselves, since “buzz” means “excitement.” According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the first known use of “buzzkill” appeared in 1992, in the meaning defined above.

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