Downer
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A Downer is a slang term, referring to a person who is
- down, or depressed, particularly if their mood brings other people down
- imputed to have Down syndrome, similar to calling someone "retarded"
Downer is the surname of several people:
- John Downer, a former Premier of South Australia and member of the inaugural Australian Senate
- Alexander Downer, Sr., John Downer's son and a former Australian Minister for Immigration
- Alexander Downer, John Downer's grandson and Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs between 1996 and 2007
- Alfred Wallace Downer, an unrelated Canadian politician
- Hunt Downer
Downer may also refer to:
- Downers, depressant drugs, which are any chemical agent that diminishes the function or activity of the central nervous system, and usually in a pleasurable way.
- Downer, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra, Australia, named for John Downer
- Downer (song) a song by the grunge band Nirvana on their debut album Bleach
- Downer, a Roadrunner Records band that broke up shortly after debut 2001 album
- Downer EDi, an Australian company
- Downer (soil), the New Jersey State Soil
- Someone who in Halo 2 commits suicide to make their team lose and their rank to go down. They are also known as delevelers
- Downer, a comic-strip by Kyle Stanley Hunter, running in the Polyhedron (later Dungeon) magazine, featuring a drow rogue as the eponymous character
- Downers Grove, Illinois
- Downer (hat), a type of short-brimmed hat with a sloping crown.
- A downer cow is a live cow that cannot walk
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