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negative nancy

negative nancy is the alternative letter-case form of negative Nancy.

Noun (1) capitalized: Negative Nancy

Negative Nancy (plural Negative Nancies or Negative Nancys)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of negative Nancy.
    • Do you hate bad grammar? Do you hate it most of all when it’s used by some Negative Nancy in the comments section of your favorite Web site?2009 July 27, Macy Halford, “Whacked Out”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Jul 2021
    • Various Negative Nancys spent Thursday puzzling over what ABC News was thinking by hiring someone outside the box, with little knowledge of domestic politics, to anchor "This Week."2010 March 19, Lisa de Moraes, “Off the road, but onto the Beltway, as [Christiane] Amanpour takes over ABC’s ’This Week’”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company...

Noun (2) capitalized: negative Nancy

negative Nancy (plural negative Nancies or negative Nancys)

  1. (derogatory, idiomatic, informal) A person who is considered excessively and disagreeably pessimistic.
    • "Be wary of being a Negative Nancy."2001, Sara Jane Sluke, Vanessa Torres, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Dealing with Stress for Teens
    • "You're being negative Nancy today,"2002, Angela Winters, Dangerous Memories - Page 133
    Antonyms:
    positive Polly

Synonyms of negative nancy

Antonyms

Forms of negative nancy

pluralnegative nancies
pluralnegative nancys
pluralNegative Nancies
pluralNegative Nancys
pluralnegative Nancies
pluralnegative Nancys
alternative formNegative Nancy
alternative formnegative nancy

Questions about negative nancy

What does negative nancy mean?
Negative nancy means a person who is considered excessively and disagreeably pessimistic.
What is negative nancy the alternative letter-case form of?
Negative nancy is the alternative letter-case form of negative Nancy.
What part of speech is negative nancy?
Negative nancy is a noun.
What is the plural of negative nancy?
The plural of negative nancy is negative nancies.

Words near negative nancy in the dictionary

  1. negative lookaheads
  2. negative lookaround
  3. negative lookbehind
  4. negative lookbehinds
  5. negative nancies
  6. negative nancy
  7. negative nancys
  8. negative Ned
  9. negative Neds
  10. negative Nellies
  11. negative Nelly

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