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)
by Alana Post September 30, 2005
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Synonyms: grumpy pants, negative nelly, clamface
Synonyms: grumpy pants, negative nelly, clamface
by Duane Pierce July 18, 2017
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by mufasalalala June 29, 2006
Get the debby downer mug.-Someone who brings down the positive mood of a situation
-Can also be an insult for a person with depression
-Can also be an insult for a person with depression
Lissy is such a debbie downer! When I got my new rat she told me it might infect me with a disease..
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1. A outwardly depressed male or female; under any circumstance, this person's main objective is to trash, ruine, spoil, muck-up, jack-up, and in many cases absolutely KILL your joy.
2. A person who has mastered the art of self-pitty; will go to great lengths to get anyone who will listen, to feel as depressed as they feel.
1. A outwardly depressed male or female; under any circumstance, this person's main objective is to trash, ruine, spoil, muck-up, jack-up, and in many cases absolutely KILL your joy.
2. A person who has mastered the art of self-pitty; will go to great lengths to get anyone who will listen, to feel as depressed as they feel.
1. Stop sulking. Nobody like a debby downer.
Example:
Sue: Hey its friday, lets do something fun!
Paul: I hate fridays. It only reminds me of the terrible week I just had. (sigh)
Example:
Sue: Hey its friday, lets do something fun!
Paul: I hate fridays. It only reminds me of the terrible week I just had. (sigh)
by Lyric Sky February 4, 2010
Get the Debby Downer mug.(Noun) A normally long and thin implement, as a fire extinguisher pin or the flint mechanism from a Clipper lighter, for poking down the end of a spliff.
It should be know that anyone who keeps a fire extinguisger pin on their keyring, does indeed smoke marijuana.
It should be know that anyone who keeps a fire extinguisger pin on their keyring, does indeed smoke marijuana.
Can you pass me a cigarette, please? I need a Pokey Mc Downer to finish off this spliff.
Synonyms;
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Synonyms;
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by Mc Downer February 1, 2010
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Person 1: *makes tea, half fills your mug, hands it to you*
Person 2: "well, that's a bit of a combe-downer..."
Person 2: "well, that's a bit of a combe-downer..."
by ABC123abc123123 November 30, 2009
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