The idea that everything is best, and all things happen for a greater purpose. In other words, a waste of time.
Oh, look, there's an optimist on the street thinking he will one day be able to walk and live like a normal person when he's a paraplegic with no arms, legs, and the speech ability of Helen Keller.
by SecHuMusicGod January 28, 2015
Feeling that a virtually impossible task is completely reasonable and can be done in an absurd timeframe for minimal resources.
I'm very opTimistic that we can complete a better DayZ clone in like a few months despite having absolutely no professional game development experience!
by BananananananananananaSandwich July 19, 2016
People who see the world through rose-colored glasses, people who are unrealistic, people who have no actual lives if they think the world is good. Ignorance is Bliss, after all
Optimist: Yay! We're being tortured!
Normal Person: That's not a good thing. I'm in pain, and you probably are, too.
Optimist: Oh my god you bitch/bastard you're such a pessimist this is why nobody likes you and you have no friends
Normal Person: That's not a good thing. I'm in pain, and you probably are, too.
Optimist: Oh my god you bitch/bastard you're such a pessimist this is why nobody likes you and you have no friends
by Yeah Okay July 15, 2005
People who see life in the best possible light, or at least as being generally good. The most horrible, obnoxious people in the world.
"The glass is half-full!"
"Get that god damn water out of my glass, asshole! Did it ever occur to you I might have left it empty for a REASON?! HUH?! GET OUT OF MY SIGHT, YOU WORTHLESS PIECE OF SHIT!!"
"Get that god damn water out of my glass, asshole! Did it ever occur to you I might have left it empty for a REASON?! HUH?! GET OUT OF MY SIGHT, YOU WORTHLESS PIECE OF SHIT!!"
by Sorry. I'm an ass, I know. But I really hate opti June 7, 2003
by Cat Hernandez February 22, 2007
An optimist is usually a person who always remains happy and cheerful despite various problems that arise. Besides being wonderful, joyful people to be around, they can also be dangerously unrealistic and at times, wickedly annoying. That is, if you're a pessimist. Optimists are generally loved and appreciated by society; however they are hated and despised by pessimists. (Who are boring, whining people).
Person: Ah! I just lost my leg!
Optimist: Don't worry! Maybe... you'll become a talented wheelchair basketball player!!
Optimist: Don't worry! Maybe... you'll become a talented wheelchair basketball player!!
by sunnyface June 23, 2012
-Hey, check it out. Bob's mom just died, and he's confident she went to heaven.
-Nah, he's just an optimist.
-Nah, he's just an optimist.
by TheShameless May 30, 2009