Negative Nancies and other related musings

[Neal Whitman]

Re-sent in light of recent messages:

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> There's also Debbie Downer from comparatively recent seasons of Saturday
> Night Live. That name has spread beyond the character, at least in my
> family: I've heard my parents refer to one consistently negative person by
> that name. A quick search shows other non-SNL attestations:
>
> http://www.google.com/m/search?aq=f&oq=&aqi=-k0d0t0&fkt=3446&fsdt=60791&sa=2&q=%22debbie+downer%22+-%22saturday+night+live%22-snl
>
> Neal

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