Eeyore

English Etymology From the donkey in A.A. Milne's books Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner, whose name is en 1 from a donkey's bray (compare en hee-haw).en terms coined by A. A. Milne Pronunciation en /ˈiː.jɔː(ɹ)/ en en-us-Eeyore.ogg US en ɔː(ɹ) 2 Proper noun A talking donkey from the English children's book series Winnie-the-Pooh, noted for his melancholy and drowsiness. Translations talking donkey Bulgarian: bg Ийо́ри m Polish: pl Kłapouchy m Welsh: cy Hi-Hô m Noun en figuratively An excessively negative or pessimistic person. en 1989 w:Terry Jones w:Erik the Viking http://books.google.com/books?id=ZonRXUdAEzkC&pg=PA39&dq=%22eeyore%22 39 Hal Leonard Corporation 1990 1557830541 SVEN nods toward SNORRI THE MISERABLE - an Eeyore of a Viking if ever there were one. en 2003 The Resurrection of the Son of God 3 http://books.google.com/books?id=-Zh4Yf2YvxMC&pg=PA108&dq=%22eeyore%22 108 of Christian origins and the question of God, Nicholas Thomas Wright, Fortress Press 0800626796 Ecclesiastes, who sometimes seems to cast himself as the Eeyore of the Old Testament, would simply shrug his shoulders and tell you to make the best of what you had. en 2008 Steven Haines The Product Manager's Desk Reference McGraw-Hill Professional 0071591346 http://books.google.com/books?id=xTMWzXuPqgwC&pg=PA99&dq=%22eeyore%22 99 You can't succeed as a Pollyanna or an Eeyore in the Product Management role — the glass is neither half full nor half empty, simply something that must eventually be washed. Derived terms en Eeyorish Translations negative or pessimistic person Czech: cs Iáček Dutch: nl iejoor m Finnish: fi pahanilmanlintu German: de I-Ah Hebrew: he איה m iya Polish: pl Kłapouchy m Portuguese: pt Ió m, pt Bisonho m, pt Igor m Portugal Russian: ru Иа-Иа Slovene: sl Sivček Spanish: es Igor Swedish: sv I-or, sv Ior Welsh: cy Hi-Hô m See also Eeyore en eponyms terms derived from fiction en Fictional characters Stock characters