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Eeyore

//ˈiː.jɔː(ɹ)// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An excessively negative or pessimistic person. figuratively

    "SVEN nods toward SNORRI THE MISERABLE - an Eeyore of a Viking if ever there were one."

Etymology

From the donkey in A.A. Milne's books Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner, whose name is onomatopoeic from a donkey's bray (compare hee-haw).

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