# What is the first recorded use of the slang term "Funsuck?" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 10, 2024, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-first-recorded-use-of-the-slang-term-funsuck/1007088 "2024-09-10T21:32:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GoodZuckerbergs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba8739/32.png) [@GoodZuckerbergs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodZuckerbergs)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-first-recorded-use-of-the-slang-term-funsuck/1007088/1 "2024-09-10T21:32:58Z")
> **[Urban Dictionary: funsucker](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=funsucker)** > > A person who takes the fun out of absolutely everything by being extremely whiny, annoying, bitchy, moody, strict, uptight, etc. People who are like this are a real drag. I see some definitions of the term on Urban Dictionary that date back to 2006 or so; what is the oldest use of the term that you can source? ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-first-recorded-use-of-the-slang-term-funsuck/1007088/2 "2024-09-10T21:54:53Z")
> [@GoodZuckerbergs](#): > > what is the oldest use of the term that you can source ? 9/10/2024 - Straight Dope Message Board. Did we really need another word for Killjoy (Charles Burney, 1776)? ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-first-recorded-use-of-the-slang-term-funsuck/1007088/3 "2024-09-10T22:17:02Z")
Google search has [this page](https://www.wcspeakers.com/speaker/darren-lacroix/) tagged with a date of Feb 28, 2003, but I don’t see anything on the page itself with that date, so I’m not sure how reliable it is. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-first-recorded-use-of-the-slang-term-funsuck/1007088/4 "2024-09-10T22:19:07Z")
the day my aunt was born… ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-first-recorded-use-of-the-slang-term-funsuck/1007088/5 "2024-09-11T02:28:03Z")
First time I’ve ever heard it. Unnecessary. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-first-recorded-use-of-the-slang-term-funsuck/1007088/6 "2024-09-11T14:26:17Z")
Wet rag and wet blanket, Debby Downer, stick in the mud, spoilsport, party pooper, drag, many more. We don’t need any more, but they’ll keep coming. ---
**Author:** ![Tzigone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-first-recorded-use-of-the-slang-term-funsuck/1007088/7 "2024-09-11T15:12:04Z")
> [@](#): > > Wet rag and wet blanket, Debby Downer, stick in the mud, spoilsport, party pooper, drag, many more. We don’t need any more, but they’ll keep coming. It’s how language works. No reason it shouldn’t be, really. I mean, there are lots of emotions and concepts and items we have multiple terms for. I’d say that’s the same in most, if not all, languages. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-first-recorded-use-of-the-slang-term-funsuck/1007088/8 "2024-09-11T18:22:11Z")
This is the first I’ve ever heard this word. I expected a seriously different definition. ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-first-recorded-use-of-the-slang-term-funsuck/1007088/9 "2024-09-12T03:26:06Z")
Buzzkill ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-first-recorded-use-of-the-slang-term-funsuck/1007088/10 "2024-09-12T13:54:30Z")
I think the word “funsuck” itself takes the fun out of discovering new slang.