What is someone who leaks a surprise called?

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What is someone whose tendency/act is to leak the surprise called?

May you rephrase the question? It is not clear what you are asking. — apaderno, Apr 26 '11 at 13:50
Related: Word for person who gives out too many extraneous details and Idiomatic expression with the meaning 'show all the hidden stuff'. — RegDwigнt, Apr 26 '11 at 17:47

score 12 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 26 '11 at 20:57

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If they did it on purpose they could be called a spoilsport or a party pooper (slang).

edited Apr 26 '11 at 20:57

Ambo100

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answered Apr 26 '11 at 13:54

Callithumpian

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I also like parade-rainer. – Sam Apr 26 '11 at 13:56
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Parade-rainer-onner? – Kosmonaut Apr 26 '11 at 14:27
@Kosmonaut, no. They rain. They are rainers. – Sam Apr 26 '11 at 20:59
@Sam: Parades don't rain... – Kosmonaut Apr 26 '11 at 22:02
@Kosmonaut. A person works on a farm is a farm worker, not a farm worker onner. – Sam Apr 26 '11 at 22:22
@Sam: I am being somewhat facetious. I actually brought up parade-rainer-onner just as a fun reference to the new productive morphological construction we are now starting to see cropping up like picker-upper and giver-upper. I didn't mean it as an actual correction to your word (just an alternative version). – Kosmonaut Apr 27 '11 at 01:18
Someone downvoted this on 5/6. It would help to know why. – Callithumpian May 13 '11 at 04:03

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 26 '11 at 14:23

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Some more generic terms for someone who talks too much or indiscreetly: prattler, blabbermouth, motormouth, bigmouth.

If it's someone who can't act the part, I would simply say a bad actor or, if trying to be humorous, a person with limited thespian talents.

answered Apr 26 '11 at 14:23

F'x

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I would use prattler to describe a gossiper – Ambo100 Apr 26 '11 at 20:40
Is this answer on the wrong question? This has nothing to do with spoiling a surprise. – Andrew Vit Sep 22 '11 at 04:38

score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 26 '11 at 13:55

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A blabbermouth. While not specifically about them blowing the surprise, I'd also call them a jerk or a party-pooper.

answered Apr 26 '11 at 13:55

Sam

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score 2 · Answer 4 · edited Jun 15 '20 at 07:40

You could label someone a dampener and consider it appropriate in this context, although some might argue otherwise.

A known figure of speech goes something like this, from The Free Dictionary:

Put a damper on something

Fig. to have a dulling or numbing influence on something. The bad news really put a damper on everything. The rainy weather put a damper on our picnic.

I personally think this could be applied to 'dampening a surprise', and further, the person committing such an act deemed 'a dampener'.

score 2 · Answer 5 · edited Apr 26 '11 at 19:39

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A spoiler? Or maybe somebody who throws a spanner in the works?

If someone throws a spanner in the works, they prevent something happening smoothly in the way that it was planned, by causing a problem or difficulty.

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answered Apr 26 '11 at 16:25

Paul Amerigo Pajo

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Jul 01 '20 at 16:59

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I have commonly heard them referred to simply as a leaker, however I do believe that this leans towards informal speech.

answered Jul 01 '20 at 16:59

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What is someone who leaks a surprise called?

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