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Literal meaning
"The Tiny Baby-Like One."

History
Brought into being by atmospheric disturbance in a rush, the name Deb was originally used largely to refer to those bred solely for organ harvesting, before being modified genetically by scientists.

Famous Debs
1. Deb Oily, proponent of the legendary Source of the Thames; last holder of the office of Her Majesty's Punchbag;
2. Deb Tube, for a time, in their own mind, romantically linked with the early career of Roy Clarke;
3. Deb de Sponetote ("The Nervous"), who owes everything to the self-aware cartoon strip; ghost-writer of Albert Pierrepoint's entirely adjectiveless autobiography, FROM TOP TO BOTTOM;
4. Professor Deb Oaf, first victim of several of the more violent gypsy curses;
5. Deb Chinly, of the generation which fondly remembers quicklime dental cleanser; ghost-writer of Reg Parfitt's religious handbook and autobiography, THE MAGIC OF ME;
6. Deb Mapduster, MA, who discovered Tramp Drink;
7. Deb Dindymene, reputedly trapped for sixteen days under a fallen monument to the evaporating duck; first holder of the tiresomely abstract office of Last Out of the Building When the Fire-Alarm Rings;
8. Deb Thews, named in court as holding compromising material concerning an ice sculpture of Hugh Scully;
9. Deb Tinkermouse, champion of the right to use some thing or other;
10. Deb Staplegun-Itching, belittler of Elvis impersonator impersonators; ghost-writer of Hugh Scully's revolutionary, hologram autobiography, YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHO I AM, HAVE YOU?.