What do you call someone who is constantly negative, cynical about the world around him and can't help but nitpick and find a way to insult everyone around him?
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Without using obscene language? – chasly - supports Monica Jul 28 '15 at 21:51
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1ELU does not exist to forever serve up new ways to help people insult other people. – tchrist Jul 28 '15 at 21:56
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1Related: Can anything be done about mean-spirited requests for terminology? – tchrist Jul 28 '15 at 22:04
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This question seems a bit different -- certainly more challenging. – aparente001 Jul 29 '15 at 04:51
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Let's try this: contemptuous control freak. – aparente001 Jul 29 '15 at 05:19
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Wishing to be light hearted about it and not to give ammunition to those who may wish to insult others, I recommend A.A. Milne's gloomy character "Eeyore". (I have corrected my previous typo in the name)
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1In American English, what a donkey says is spelled 'hee haw'. Since AmE pronounces final 'r's, 'eeyore' doesn't sound like a donkey in the US. – Mitch Jul 29 '15 at 01:09
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1@Mitch, it sounds like you haven't read Winnie the Pooh yet. You're in for a treat. – aparente001 Jul 29 '15 at 04:49