Dampener or damper

[ohisntthisallfun]

Just that really! Just seen a couple of people recently saying 'put a damper on things' on social media and it looks totally incorrect.... AIBU to turn my nose up at this or are they in the right?!

I've never seen anyone use 'damper' and am firmly in the 'dampener' camp!

Never come across damper either, thankfully. They are simply wrong.

dampener

Good! Thank you all. That's what I thought too but felt I had to check as I had seen it written that way twice in 24 hours!

I've always have said 'put a damper on'. Either is ok.

www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/put-a-damper-on

www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/put-a-dampener-on

It may be a regional variation- some discussion here:

forum.wordreference.com/threads/to-put-a-damper-dampener-on-something.949823/

So, YABU.

(And apologies for extraneous 'have' in previous post - Muphry's law strikes again)

Interesting. Thank you