Definition of a Debbie Downer

Debbie Downer    

noun

• a depressing female.

  I was having a good time until you started talking about death. Why do you always have to be Debbie Downer?

  • See more words with the same meaning: miscellaneous insults (list of).

  Last edited on Dec 06 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.

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Debby Downer	Definitions include: a depressing female.
downer	Definitions include: a depressing thing.

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