Etymology: From the Saturday Night Live character Debbie Downer, played by Rachel Dratch\r\n\r\nFunction: Noun\r\n\r\n1. 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\r\n\r\nUsage 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.\n> Debbie Downer: Hey, does anyone have a banana?\n> Friend #1: What?\n> Debbie Downer: Well, if I don't get enough potassium every day, I awaken in the middle of the night by crippling leg cramps.\n> (higher-pitched wah wahhhhhhh; zoom in)\n> (everyone looks pissed off)\n> Debbie Downer: By the way, it's official -- they've located my birth mother. Deceased.\n> (deeper wah wahhhhhhhh; zoom in on a particularly painful facial expression)\n

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