PEJORIST

PRONUNCIATION: (PEJ-uh-rist)

MEANING: noun: A person who believes that the world is getting worse.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin peior (worse). Earliest documented use: 1879.
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PEZORIST - a collector of plastic themed candy-dispensers; popular in the 19650s and 60s,
but actually created in 1927 and still available today

MEJOR-IST - a Spanish-speaker who thinks things can always be improved

PEORIST - citizen of central Illinois (about 400 miles east of Omaha, Nebraska)