Cautiously Optimistic

Hopeful yet exercising caution

Patrick coined the phrase cautiously optimistic while dreaming of winning the lotto

by Peter31731 April 17, 2019

Cannabinoidely Optimistic

Seeing life through weed colored glasses.

"Hey, where you high when you wrote this? Cause this message sounds cannabinoidely optimistic. "

by urpalKate June 2, 2009

depressingly optimistic

Depressing, yet somehow optimistic. Typically used when something bad has happened and a pathetic attempt is made to be optimistic about it. It often leads to feeling more depressed.

This would be depressingly optimistic:
Someone you've had a crush on that you couldn't work up the nerve to talk to dies. Trying to be optimistic, you tell yourself, "Well, at least I don't have to stress over trying to ask her out.". Depression sets in when you realize how much you wanted to try.

by Vully November 4, 2011

Coptimistic

The feeling of confidence that one will not be caught by the police.

I think you are being a little too coptimistic driving with all of that cocaine in the back seat.

by TheTrustyDrifter September 11, 2014

noptimistic

The opposite of optimistic. Used in conjunction with supporting an English Premier League club in it's most original form.

Shaun: I am seriously noptimistic about Southampton's chances this season.
Dawn: Yeah, they look in serious trouble this season.

by BigTin August 18, 2021

Optimistic Nihilism

Looking at the bright and disturbingly hilarious side of a situation while never sacrificing the reality of that situation

Some say the divorce rate for marriage is going up while I say the death rate for marriage is going down. That is what optimistic nihilism is.

by optimistic nihilist May 22, 2014

optimistic trio

A group of three people who have the potential to create a new, improved squad.

"I went out this weekend with Sarah and Todd, we're basically an optimistic trio"

by zero social skills November 26, 2015