Donner vs Downer - What's the difference?
donner | downer |
(South Africa, slang) To beat up, clobber, thrash
* 2005 , , Acid Alex , Zebra Press (2005), ISBN 1770070931,
A negative drug trip.
A drug that has depressant qualities.
Something or someone disagreeable, dispiriting or depressing; a killjoy
* 2009 , (Spike Jonze),
As a verb donner
is to beat up, clobber, thrash.As a noun downer is
a negative drug trip.donner
English
Verb
(en verb)page 167:
- They went into the pub and started a fight. One that was just bad enough for someone to call the boere. When the gattas arrived they got donnered for their trouble.
References
*Cassell's Dictionary of Slang*
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English----
downer
English
Noun
(en noun)- Normally those pills give me a boost, but last night they gave me a downer
- You don't really need to know me. I'm kind of a downer .