" debbie downer "

 [ "debbie downer" ]

1: A girl who always brings up something negative about herself,co worker,life or in the news. Everything that comes out of her mouth is negative.

  * e.g.,  ... Did sandy have to talk about her divorce at lunch time? She is such a debbie downer! 

 [ "Debbie Downer" ]

1: Etymology: From the Saturday Night Live character Debbie Downer, played by Rachel Dratch

  * e.g.,  ... Debbie Downer: Hey, does anyone have a banana? 

 [ "Debbie Downer" ]

2: Function: Noun

  * e.g.,  ... Friend #1: What? 

 [ "Debbie Downer" ]

3:  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

  * e.g.,  ... Debbie Downer: Well, if I don't get enough potassium every day, I awaken in the middle of the night by crippling leg cramps. 

 [ "Debbie Downer" ]

4: 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.

  * e.g.,  ... (higher-pitched wah wahhhhhhh; zoom in) 

 [ "debby downer" ]

1: someone who puts people in a sad/bad mood

  * e.g.,  ... i dont mean to be a debby downer, but your dog died. 

 [ "Debbie downer" ]

1: -Someone who brings down the positive mood of a situation -Can also be an insult for a person with depression

  * e.g.,  ... Lissy is such a debbie downer! When I got my new rat she told me it might infect me with a disease.. 

 [ "Debby Downer" ]

1: n. pronounced: deb-ee douw-ner

  * e.g.,  ...  Stop sulking. Nobody like a debby downer. Example: 

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2:  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. 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.

  * e.g.,  ... Sue: Hey its friday, lets do something fun! Paul: I hate fridays. It only reminds me of the terrible week I just had. (sigh) 

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1: A person with an incessant need to bring down the collective mood and general ambience of a group-chill, synonomous with Larissa.

  * e.g.,  ... -Dude those nikes is off the chain. 

 [ "Debbie Downer" ]

1: Someone who throws in a negative comment or brings down the mood when something positive happens or is said.

  * e.g.,  ... "I got front seat tickets to Tool in Arizona!" 

 [ "Debbie Downer" ]

1: (noun) a pessimist, one who looks on the downside of things, has zero confidence in themselves, criticizes themselves, sees the glass as half empty, you get the picture.

  * e.g.,  ... Grace Dimond: Ugh, my art project stinks. I'm going to fail. I suck at art. I will never get into college. I am so bad at school. I fail at life. 

 [ "Debbie Downer" ]

2: kind of like Grace Dimond

  * e.g.,  ... Julia: Grace Dimond, you are such a Debbie Downer. 

 [ "Debbie Downer" ]

1: To be morbid and miserable. Feeling sorry for yourself. Walking around with a face like thunder.

  * e.g.,  ... Look at that miserable cow, she’s a right Debbie Downer! Stop being such a Debbie, Gemma! 

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1: A Facebooker who uses Facebook as a media to convey sad, woeful, and depressing stausi for no reason, bringing the morale of all that see plummeting to the ground.

  * e.g.,  ... Did you see Amber's statuses today? Yeah, it was ungodly depressing again. Fo Sho, she's a debbie downer.