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Chicken Little

NOUN
alarmist
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NOUN
doomsayer
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Even if Chicken Little is right and the sky is falling, somewhere out there a roofer is about to enjoy a record quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

“I’m concerned that people will think it was the Chicken Little, you know, ‘Y’all said the sky was falling, and now nothing’s happened,’” she said in a phone interview.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2025

"We need to take these glaciers seriously without sounding like Chicken Little," Joughin said in an email.

From Fox News ● Feb. 2, 2022

But the debate is personified in the book by Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, neither of whom are AI researchers, with Musk sounding the alarm while Zuckerberg dismisses those fears as Chicken Little hysterics.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 17, 2021

Standing on the riverbank in a purple-and-white dress, Sula swinging Chicken Little around and around.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison


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