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    [Adjective]  | "downy" | \ ˈdau̇-nē \


    1: resembling a bird's down

    2: covered with down

    3: made of down


    Origin: 1551 ;

    [Noun]  | "downy mildew" 


    1: any of various parasitic lower fungi (family Peronosporaceae) that produce whitish masses of sporangiophores or conidiophores on the undersurface of the leaves of the host

    2: a plant disease caused by a downy mildew


    Origin: 1886 ;

    [Noun]  | "downy woodpecker" 


    1: a small black-and-white woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) of North America that has a white back and is smaller than the hairy woodpecker


    Origin: 1785 ;

    [Adjective]  | "downy" 


    1: smooth or delicate in appearance or feel;


      * e.g., " ... the downy surface of a ripe peach "





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    1: Refering to someone with Downs Syndrome - so really should be "downsie" It is a genetic condition that is increasingly common the older the mother of a child is when she falls pregnant. Downs Sydrome is caused by non disjunction of the 21st chromosome (humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes - each parent supplies 23 chromosomes to the child getting a total of 46) which means chromosome 21 in the mother has not split like it should when making sex cells (gametes) and the child ends up with 3 copies of chromosome 21 compared to the usual Some characteristics of downs syndrome include:

      * e.g.,  ... "He looks like a downy." 


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    2: Poor muscle tone

      * e.g.,  ... "Her brother is a downy." 


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    3: Slanting eyes with folds of skin at the inner corners (called epicanthal folds)


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    4: Hyperflexibility (excessive ability to extend the joints)


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    5: Short, broad hands with a single crease across the palm on one or both hands


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    6: Broad feet with short toes


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    7: Flat bridge of the nose


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    8: Short, low-set ears


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    9: Short neck


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    10: Small head


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    11: Small oral cavity


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    12: Short, high-pitched cries in infancy


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    13: Sufferers of Downs Syndrome are ussually smaller than their normal peers and their physical and intellectual development is ussually slower.

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    1: A derogatory term for someone with downs syndrome. a insult to someone who may act like they have downs syndrome, or just a dumb fuck

      * e.g.,  ... (everyone) HEY JOSH U STUPID DOWNY!! 

     [ "downy" ]

    1: someone with down syndrome

      * e.g.,  ... andrew copeland is a downy and he think's bluelist loves him but unfortunately this is untrue and he has one less chromosome 

     [ "downy" ]

    1: anyone who is named jakob

      * e.g.,  ... oh look its jakob the downy 

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    1: slang for a person with down-syndrome

      * e.g.,  ... Man you are acting like a downy today. 

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    1: someone who goes down on people...on friday

      * e.g.,  ... rebecca black is a downy 

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    1: A word used by goon drinking lads, to express stupidity in a fellow lad.

      * e.g.,  ... fuckoff you downy, pass the silver bag of life over. 

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    1: Someone who looks mental impaired or has a gormless look about them.

      * e.g.,  ... Doesn't Lance look like a downy 

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    1: Someone who looks and/or acts as if they had down syndrome.

      * e.g.,  ... That downy korean was teh funniest thing ive ever seen. 

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    1: Used to describe someone who is a certified ruiner of fun. aka (also know as) a snitch,lame,ghey,or tripe

      * e.g.,  ... Him: I'm throwing a keg party tonight...wanna come? 

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