Negative Nancy

negative Nancy negative nancy English Noun + s Negative Nancy en negative Nancy. 27 July 2009 Macy Halford Whacked Out https://web.archive.org/web/20210720144502/https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/whacked-out Do you hate bad grammar? Do you hate it most of all when it’s used by some Negative Nancy in the comments section of your favorite Web site? 19 March 2010 w:Lisa de Moraes Off the road, but onto the Beltway, as Christiane Amanpour takes over ABC's 'This Week' https://archive.ph/6g7Bn https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/style/2010/03/19/off-the-road-but-onto-the-beltway-as-amanpour-takes-over-abcs-this-week/75d7578d-f063-4929-bd90-1cecfcd64191/ 30 August 2025 Various Negative Nancys spent Thursday puzzling over what ABC News was thinking by hiring someone outside the box, with little knowledge of domestic politics, to anchor "This Week." 21 April 2010 Jimmy Orr Opinion: No free vacation this year? Your human rights may have been violated (at least in Europe) https://web.archive.org/web/20220627153553/https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/top-of-the-ticket/story/2010-04-21/opinion-no-free-vacation-this-year-your-human-rights-may-have-been-violated-at-least-in-europe Why should anyone have to pay out of their own pockets to take a vacation? Oh, the humanity. Sure, there are some Negative Nancies out there. Predictably, from the doomsayers over at Fox News. “That is what happens when government looks after you,” Neil Cavuto writes. “It looks after ‘all’ of you and ‘all’ you do. Your ‘stimulus’ and now your ‘suitcase.’ 20 July 2010 Derek Thompson 6 in 10 Workers Don't Think They'll Ever Get Social Security https://web.archive.org/web/20100726005307/https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2010/07/6-in-10-workers-dont-think-theyll-ever-get-social-security/60110/ Sixty percent of today's workers do not expect to be paid a benefit -⁠- that's a benefit -⁠- from Social Security after they retire. Whoa there, Negative Nancies. The program is projected to pay out 100% of benefits until the mid-2030s. After that, the program isn't broken or busted. Instead it will be able to pay about 75% of inflation-adjusted benefits. 7 March 2014 w:Lyndsey Parker Silver Bulletpoints: 11 Things We Just Learned From Taylor Hicks https://web.archive.org/web/20230330114432/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/silver-bulletpoints-11-things-we-just-learned-from-taylor-hicks-204863/ “I was very excited to hear people talk to me about ‘American Idol’ a lot and say that this year kind of reinvigorated their interest,” he said. “It’s not the Negative Nancy thing anymore, you know: ‘It’s on the way out, it’s no good, I don’t like the judges.’ This season it seems like: ‘I like the judges, I like the contestants, nobody’s clamoring for airtime.’ I think there’s a unilateral focus on the show and really trying to create a star in this business.” 8 July 2015 Adam Hoffman Can Negative Thinking Make You Sick? https://web.archive.org/web/20150710160959/https://time.com/hive.org/web/20150710160959/http://time.com/3944624/negative-thinking-health-problems/ All this said, there is a big bright spot for every Negative Nancy out there: by simply changing your perspective, you may just improve your health. 17 May 2017 Lindsey M. Roberts 6 ways to fight perfectionism in a Pinterest Mom world https://web.archive.org/web/20170517165602/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/parenting/wp/2017/05/17/6-ways-to-fight-perfectionism-in-a-pinterest-mom-world/ Julia Bosson, who works with patients on mindful parenting, and is helping her office, Union Square Practice, launch a reproductive mental health wing, has a few tangible, take-home ideas to combat those ugly Negative Nancies in your head and accept that your less-than-perfect parenting is just fine. 30 July 2017 Shana Lebowitz 15 habits of extremely boring people https://web.archive.org/web/20170802015853/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/15-habits-extremely-boring-people-a7867296.html Dylan Woon thinks people who are "full of negativity" are the most boring. He breaks down the Negative Nancies into three categories: Victim mentality: "I'm trapped! [Why] am I so unlucky? Why me? Why?" 6 March 2018 w:Ken Pomeroy KenPom: Best and worst bubble years, using NCAA tourney lock Houston Cougars for perspective https://web.archive.org/web/20250830045608/https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/262616/2018/03/06/kenpom-best-and-worst-bubble-years-using-ncaa-lock-houston-for-perspective/ When I hear that something is the worst ever, I reflexively want to test the source’s credibility. One way to distinguish the Negative Nancies from the more objective observers is to ask them when said thing was the best ever. 16 May 2025 Stefan Bondy It’s time to starting dreaming about the impossible with these New York Knicks https://web.archive.org/web/20250517202741/https://nypost.com/2025/05/16/sports/its-time-to-start-having-title-dreams-about-these-knicks/ If you’re not thinking big anymore, you might be just a defeatist. Or a Negative Nancy.