Etymology: From the Saturday Night Live character Debbie Downer, played by Rachel Dratch
Function: Noun
1. a: a person who says something terribly depressing (a downer), typically only tangentially related to the present circumstance or topic of conversation, and thereby destroys the positive atmosphere. b: a statement that is charactaristic of Debbie Downer
Usage note: In the skit, following each downer Debbie voices, a trombone plays a "wah waaah" (sad trombone) sound effect and the camera zooms in on Debbie Downer's face, which is twisted in comic despair.
Function: Noun
1. a: a person who says something terribly depressing (a downer), typically only tangentially related to the present circumstance or topic of conversation, and thereby destroys the positive atmosphere. b: a statement that is charactaristic of Debbie Downer
Usage note: In the skit, following each downer Debbie voices, a trombone plays a "wah waaah" (sad trombone) sound effect and the camera zooms in on Debbie Downer's face, which is twisted in comic despair.
Debbie Downer: Hey, does anyone have a banana?
Friend #1: What?
Debbie Downer: Well, if I don't get enough potassium every day, I awaken in the middle of the night by crippling leg cramps.
(higher-pitched wah wahhhhhhh; zoom in)
(everyone looks pissed off)
Debbie Downer: By the way, it's official -- they've located my birth mother. Deceased.
(deeper wah wahhhhhhhh; zoom in on a particularly painful facial expression)
Friend #1: What?
Debbie Downer: Well, if I don't get enough potassium every day, I awaken in the middle of the night by crippling leg cramps.
(higher-pitched wah wahhhhhhh; zoom in)
(everyone looks pissed off)
Debbie Downer: By the way, it's official -- they've located my birth mother. Deceased.
(deeper wah wahhhhhhhh; zoom in on a particularly painful facial expression)
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Why are you so grumpy that we have to drive to North Carolina? Stop being a Davey-Downer.
Synonyms: grumpy pants, negative nelly, clamface
Synonyms: grumpy pants, negative nelly, clamface
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"Fuck girl! Cover them scrotum-looking hanger-downers!"
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Get the debby downer mug.1. To perform a particular action, phrase or movement that is considered 'retarded' 'silly' or 'dumb'.
2. To be un-coordinated at a particular task.
3. To act 'hostile' or 'psychopathic' or 'perverted' in a completely unrelated subject.
4. To have sexual relations (or similar) with an animal. Often poultry.
5. To make a particular phrase that consists of 5 or more swearwords, often combined with the above examples.
2. To be un-coordinated at a particular task.
3. To act 'hostile' or 'psychopathic' or 'perverted' in a completely unrelated subject.
4. To have sexual relations (or similar) with an animal. Often poultry.
5. To make a particular phrase that consists of 5 or more swearwords, often combined with the above examples.
1. "Man why did you kick that kitten? What a downsey"
2. "Man when it comes to hackey sack your a downsey"
3. "Don't let him near the children, he's a bit downsey"
4. "Man I had an awesome fuck with a chicken last night, It was quite the downsey"
5. "Hey mate how are you?"
"Hey you fucking dipshit faggot cunt, im fucking good"
"Why are you going all downsey on me?"
2. "Man when it comes to hackey sack your a downsey"
3. "Don't let him near the children, he's a bit downsey"
4. "Man I had an awesome fuck with a chicken last night, It was quite the downsey"
5. "Hey mate how are you?"
"Hey you fucking dipshit faggot cunt, im fucking good"
"Why are you going all downsey on me?"
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