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Examples
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This announcement has put a real dampner on my enthusiasm for the iPad.
iPad Australia Release Delayed Again, Now Due May | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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This announcement has put a real dampner on my enthusiasm for the iPad.
iPad Australia Release Delayed Again, Now Due May | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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Not awfully so, but just enough to put a dampner on my plans for Sunday afternoon (ie: get ready for the next week, no, make that TWO weeks as we'll be away next weekend!).
This month's Aust Spec Fic Carnival editormum 2007
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I am working til 9. 30pm today which puts a slight dampner on things, but seeing as there's nowt to do at work I may well just spend the day reading one random wikipedia entry after another.
The One Where She's Bright And Sparkly kisobel 2007
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Don't want to be a dampner, but the Pew numbers seem too good to be true.
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Even the miserable weather couldn't put a dampner on it.
And they were singing hymns and arias Valleys Mam 2008
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OK so there are paid for platforms, but for the innovative entrepreneur and the enthusiast developer the cost of such platforms is the dampner here!
Challenges faced by the Operators and Mobile Developer Community by Umar Akram Helen Keegan 2007
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Azevedo, Portugal's wealthiest man, went on to put a dampner on speculation that France Telecom would be vying for the group with a bid.
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I am merely thinking out loud that having rabies would put a dampner on my day.
Random Thought of the Day RICHARD 2006
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It would really put a dampner on my day if a hungry python sized me up while I was out kayaking.
From the Holy Crap! Files RICHARD 2005
alexz commented on the word dampner
Short for dampener, long for damper. Spotted while reading the news. Quick search shows many examples, but uncommon version of damper/dampener.
Uncommon enough that people may think it's a typo error.
October 25, 2015