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What is a wet blanket?

What is a wet blanket? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (idiomatic) A person who takes the fun out of a situation or activity, as by pessimism, demands, dullness, etc.
  2. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see wet,‎ blanket.
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Over-regulation closes businesses and the EU paper wet blanket is putting out the fire of enterprise and the ember of innovation.
I hate to be a wet blanket about that, but I think the reality is that these treaties are unique.
You can go to the site to read it all if you like, although as it goes on it gets a bit much for a wet blanket like me.
Most of the time, he found himself to be the one to be the wet blanket of the group.
Do I always seek the positive factor in a problem or a situation, or is my negative attitude putting a wet blanket on morale?
It wasn't like she was a wet blanket exactly, well perhaps she was but really that was beside the point.

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