Yet the tools the government has tried to use to achieve these goals — NCLB and Common Core, for example — have been damaged by the powerful microphone the media has given to those Vice-President Spiro Agnew once called the «nattering nabobs of negativism.» (educationnext.org)
Today, the nattering nabobs of bitcoin negativity are smugly pointing to mounting evidence that Bitcoin is just one big bubble on its... (pymnts.com)
«You don't want to become a nattering nabob of negativity.» (canadianbusiness.com)