“What kind of abominable killjoy would be against loving presents and cookies?”

“You know, call me a plebeian, call me a killjoy, but two hundred quid strikes me as a bit on the steepish side for a bunch of fish and rice.”

“Angry mums and dads say the council is a killjoy for putting up signs forbidding ball games on a green between Overbrook and Bevisland.”

“We are not killjoys, but many of the items routinely on sale in the town are not appropriate for a resort which wants to welcome everyone.”

“Religious critics lacked fervor and moral authority, while surviving Populist and Progressive skeptics were dismissed as killjoys or cranks.”

“We're not trying to be killjoys but we do not want anyone to be injured or killed whilst celebrating Hallowe'en.”