Debbie Downer

[Amy West]

Thanks, Ben and Neal: I haven't watched SNL in years so was ignorant
of this. So, maybe it has become lexicalized (am I using that right?).

---Amy West

>
>Popularized, of course, by the Saturday Night Live sketch starring
>Rachel Dratch
>in the title role. The first Debbie Downer sketch was on the May 1, 2004 show
>(and was memorable for the cast members' inability to control their laughter).
>
>Video: http://www.hulu.com/watch/68225/saturday-night-live-debbie-downer
>Transcript: http://snltranscripts.jt.org/03/03rdowner.phtml
>
>--Ben Zimmer

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