DOWNER

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 the current Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs

★ Alfred Wallace Downer, an unrelated Canadian politician

★ Kayla J Downer

★ Matthew "The Banno" Bannister
'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 (band), a Roadrunner Records band that broke up shortly after debut 2001 album

★ Downer EDi

★ Downer (soil), the New Jersey State Soil

★ Someone who in Halo 2 on Xbox Live commits suicide to make their team lose and their rank to go down. They are also known as de-lelvers

★ 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