Bonus captivus

when you want to leave the job but delay it beause you don't want to lose the yearly bonus

"John can't leave the company right now, he's in bonus captivus"

by alex_b June 8, 2016

cautiously optimistic

A euphemistic (yet silly) way of saying "worried". Most often said by those on national news networks.

Joe Boorman was cautiously optimistic on whether his wallet would be found.

by Smkngmgc June 15, 2004

Cautious

A person with ginger hair. Derived from acting 'gingerly', being cautious.

Attention can be drawn to the proximity of a ginger with the exclamation 'I have a cautionary tale to tell', which will alert your friends to the incoming, whilst causing no unnecessary alarm to your cautious intruder.

by DanMancUk February 29, 2008

self cautious

Excessively aware of your own being, and that you are being watched by others.

She was very self cautious as she performed her presentation in front of thousands of people last night.

by NayNay_15 January 2, 2012

Cautious

Careful when you see a shifty person looking left then right , like trouble or up to no good!

Jason was Cautious when a group if young boys entered the store running.

by OneCrazyRabbit March 12, 2020

Cautious optimism

Theres no such thing as cautious optimism. Cautious optimism is cynicism. Thinking the sky is going to fall and trying to look forward to the little bit of good left in things before it does is cynicism. Really, having a bucket list is cynicism, since even though it becomes more likely that you'll die soon when you get older, once the mystery isnt there you're not really living anyway, you're just trying to live the rest of your days as an adrenaline junkie before the crash at the end, to go out with a bang, that's cynicism. Most thoughts disguised as positive are really cynical by nature.

Fuck positive thoughts and people, they think the end is a crash and it becomes one for everybody else too. There is no cautious optimism.

by Solid Mantis May 1, 2020

Cautiously Optimistic

Promising but I wouldn’t bet on it.

The Cleveland Browns look good this off-season and it should be their year, but they’re the Browns so I’m cautiously optimistic.

by BigSleezy August 4, 2021