What is someone whose tendency/act is to leak the surprise called?
asked Apr 26, 2011 at 13:47
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1May you rephrase the question? It is not clear what you are asking.– avpadernoCommented Apr 26, 2011 at 13:50
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Related: Word for person who gives out too many extraneous details and Idiomatic expression with the meaning 'show all the hidden stuff'.– RegDwigнtCommented Apr 26, 2011 at 17:47
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surprise leaker?– JasonCommented Apr 26, 2011 at 17:52
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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.
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Is this answer on the wrong question? This has nothing to do with spoiling a surprise. Commented Sep 22, 2011 at 4:38
If they did it on purpose they could be called a spoilsport or a party pooper (slang).
answered Apr 26, 2011 at 13:54
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@Kosmonaut. A person works on a farm is a farm worker, not a farm worker onner.– SamCommented Apr 26, 2011 at 22:22
A blabbermouth. While not specifically about them blowing the surprise, I'd also call them a jerk or a party-pooper.
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'.
answered Apr 26, 2011 at 14:30
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.
answered Apr 26, 2011 at 16:25
I have commonly heard them referred to simply as a leaker, however I do believe that this leans towards informal speech.
