nudnik
noun [ C ] US informal uk/ˈnʊd.nɪk/ us/ˈnʊd.nɪk/
无聊的人，令人厌烦的人，爱抱怨的人
an annoying or boring person, especially someone who is always criticizing or complaining
He earned himself the reputation of being a nudnik and a pedant. 人们都说他爱抱怨，是个书呆子。
What makes him such a nudnik, such a pest? 他为什么这么爱抱怨，这么令人讨厌？
- More examples
- Melvin, you are such a nudnik!
- He is painted as a nudnik simply because he's into golf and finance.
- He plays a grandiose, macho nudnik with a raging ego and a hair-raising sense of grievance.