To expand on the title a bit more…Is there a term for “A person who wants everyone else to be miserable because they themselves are unhappy”?
That’s a bit more descriptive, at least. Even if I’m probably mangling the grammar. :smack:
If my copy of Depraved and Insulting English has taught me nothing else, it’s that there’s bound to be a precise term already dreamt up for any weird or bizarre thing a person can possibly imagine. And the…personality type, as it were, that I’m asking about doesn’t even seem that bizarre. (Compared to something like “Copremesis,” anyway.)
However, in this case, I’m drawing a complete blank. Can anyone help me out?
Ranchoth
I have always called these people “anchors”. They want to pull you down to their level of misery. Don’t let them tie an anchor to your leg. No matter how unpleasant they try to make your separation from them, it’s worth the effort.
My wife is not usually the first to offer word definitions, but on this one she’s absolutely certain. It’s a “Ross”, apparently. A “Ross”. She is most insistent. I wonder where she’s suddenly found such a strong sense for words!
That’s “Ross”. She must mean the guy off Friends, I suppose.