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Cautiously Pessimistic 

An increasingly relevant wordplay on the cliché "cautiously optimistic". As the world continues in free fall, its much more realistic to expect negative outcomes. Therefore, its much more pragmatic to maintain a cautiously pessimistic demeanor, rather than a cautiously optimistic one.
My cat is always cautiously pessimistic when inspecting anything new that I bring into the house.

cautious carol 

One who,in a videogame or real life, tends to move around and do nothing to help anyone... A person cautious about everything they do and is a better distraction than anything. This is usually caused by a lack of skill or just being a really big pussy.
"Damn it, Hes being a cautious carol again,hes not doing shit except hiding."

*friend* " Its better than the guy on my team giving the other team kills, hes a negative nathan"
cautious carol by Mrredandblack August 19, 2009

Cautiously Optimistic 

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

curtiousness 

A dumb persons way to describe someone's amount of curtesy.
"I don't hang up on people and would like them in return to show me the same amount of curtiousness."
curtiousness by Nicole A Miller August 21, 2007

Cautious racism 

When a member of a race behaves cautiously around a member or members of another race in an attempt to avoid any form of racial or cultural disagreements,usually resulting in a series of ackward exchanges.
John:Why don't you ride home from practice with coach smith any more.

Eric:Because he always turns the radio station from country to rap and starts speaking in slang ever time.

John:Cautious Racism is a bitch.
A guy or girl who loves to correct petty things. See also: Grammar Nazi
Also a cool insult to use for those who justifiably do not know what this means.
Some guy: Hey man!
Some man: Why's your shoe untied?
Some guy: *looks down* Ha, you got me.
Some man: No, seriously. It's not tied 'cause it's tied the wrong direction!
Some guy: *hard facepalm* Captious idiot...

LATER, CONTINUING TO BE CAPTIOUS:
Some man: Also that other guy who made a definition for this is wrong
Captious by warrobotsalt February 2, 2019