Anti-grinch

//antiˌɡɹɪnt͡ʃ// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person who is overly enthusiastic about a holiday (such as Christmas), but whose attempts to celebrate inadvertently spoil it for others. slang

Etymology

anti- + grinch. Coined by TV Tropes in 2016.

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