Negative Nancy

[Teh Don Ditty]

Random curiosity....

How many of you have heard the term "Negative Nancy"

EDIT: How old were you when you first heard said term and where (state, county, country) you have heard it.

Trying to figure out if its just a local thing or not.

Thanks everybody!

 

[Zwhaler]

I first heard the term "negative nancy" here on MacRumors from the kind fellow Teh Don Ditty on 11:58am, August 11, 2007. And i'm in high school.

But seriously, I might have heard people say that before... but I don't really remember. I was able to guess the meaning pretty well before I read on UD what it meant.

 

[dsyntax]

I think i heard it first in 8th grade in DC (but I'm not sure where the teacher was from who said it) along with other similar ones like "Fretty Betty."

 

[devilot]

there's a long wait for this dim sum restaurant but it's not hard to NOT be a negative nancy as I can still browse MR.

TDD first said the phrase to me er... a month ago. Never heard it before. Born, raised, and still living in Northern California.

 

[PlaceofDis]

never heard it before today. Born, raised, and live in Chicago, IL. aka: the Midwest.

 

[mkrishnan]

I grew up in Michigan, and I'm pretty sure I heard it there, probably from old mean church ladies, when I was a child. It's the sort of thing they'd say. If I didn't want to do anything (when I was four) they would call me "Mohan No-han." Of course, they're probably dead by now.

And now I want dim sum.

 

[killerrobot]

I'm guessing I was around 14 or 15 when I first heard it in Kansas City, Missouri.

 

[MattG]

I think I probably heard it on TV at some point.

 

[0007776]

I just heard it today when I was browsing MR.

 

[jczubach]

I think she's related to 'negative ned', heard circa late 70's up here in canada

 

[ErikCLDR]

I've never heard of Negative Nancy, but I have heard of a Nancy Boy.

I also know "Chatty Kathy"

 

[SkyBell]

Heard it on TV a few years ago.

 

[steamboat26]

Never heard of it...

 

[Nermal]

Heard it on TV (possibly South Park) several years ago.

 

[stcanard]

Young enough that I can't remember ever not knowing the term.

Grew up in southern ontario.

 

[Abstract]

Never heard of the term, although I did read it once on a computer-related message board.

 

[mgargan1]

heard it on south park...

 

[sushi]

The things that you learn on MR!

 

[psycoswimmer]

I haven't personally.

But Moody Judy says she's good friends with her.

 

[floriflee]

I don't remember when I heard it, but it seems like it was a long time ago so I was in the west somewhere.

 

[Cashmere Fedora]

heh, I always thought the opposite of "plain Jane" was "fancy Nancy."

but apparently Nancy prefers to be inimical and adverse

 

[iSaint]

Odd that this thread just came up. I've been out of town a couple of days. My wife, of said name, just got mad at me about something.

She lives such a hard life.

I'm such a smart***.

 

[swingerofbirch]

It's Debbie Downer!

 

[Jaffa Cake]

I guessed the meaning correctly, but it's not a term I've come across before.

 

[nbs2]

I know I've used it here before, but I can't remember where and it won't come up on a search. BAH!