The philosopher in Voltaire's Candide. He believes "All is for the best in this best of all possible worlds." Even as he suffers horribly throughout the book, he stands by this concept. By the end of the book, though, he admits "he asserted it still, but he no longer believed it."

See also: panglossian

Bob thinks there's some good that will come out of him failing his English test. He's such a Pangloss. He can't accept it might just be bad.

Pangloss by alas poor yorick September 19, 2007

Related Words

panglasso • panglossian • Pangloss • Pingasso • Punglasses • pessimistic panglossian • Pink Lasso

panglossian

Blindly optimistic, naively so.

That poor sod BazzA is acting somewhat panglossian about that lovely young lass...

panglossian by BazzA May 28, 2004

Punglasses

Used to describe David Caruso's tendency to put on sunglasses right before completing a terrible pun at the start of every CSI: Miami episode.

(at a crime scene onboard a boat)

"The tide is rising, and we

*punglasses

...have a sinking crime scene."

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH

Punglasses by bustatunez October 20, 2010

Pingasso

Dr. Robotnik in his most talented form.
When Dr. Robotnik creates so much artwork in all forms in an attempt to fool Sonic the Hedgehog so he could be defeated.

Knuckles: I’ve never seen Dr. Robotnik create so much art.
Sonic: He’s Pingasso.
Knuckles: Wow.
Dr. Robotnik: PINGAS!

Pingasso by gregben January 25, 2022

pessimistic panglossian

one who thinks that this is the best of all possible worlds, and screwed up as it may be, can't get any better.

She didn't bother to get out of bed anymore, her pessimistic panglossian perspective made life seem pointless.

pessimistic panglossian by sircasey February 15, 2009

Panglossian

obnoxiously happy all the time. even worse than the most optimistic of Pollyannas

Kyle always had a very panglossian view of life, until the day he found out his middle name was Pollyanna!

Panglossian by JohnnyB.Emo September 16, 2021

Galantir

A group of people, typically women, searching through someone’s digital footprint in order to find more information about that person.

Susie wasn’t sure if her new Hinge match was a creep, so she assembled Galantir and they found out he used to post slurs on gaming forums.

Galantir by Ge-sus September 22, 2026

Word of the Day on September 23, 2026

murderhobo

In a tabletop game, a murderhobo is a player who murders NPCs indiscriminately. This is normally derogatory, referring to a player who totally ignores quests, dialog, backstory, trade, world building etc.

The term is most common with Dungeons and Dragons, but it can be applied to most RPGs where the player is allowed to kill most quest-giving NPCs and NPC traders. E.g. Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Divinity original sin.

DM: The sad little orphan girl tugs at Steve's trenchcoat to get his attention, and ask for help saving her pet dog from...
Steve: I'd like to roll a strength check against strangling the orphan.
Dave: I call dibs on the dog.
DM: You murderhobos disgust me.

murderhobo by Loup&S September 9, 2021

Word of the Day on September 22, 2026

Whale

In sales terms, a whale is a prospect that is significantly larger than an organization’s average customer.

Whales are large and extremely difficult to close. Due to their immense size, they are highly sought-after.

A whale is typically identified at first by a whale hunter on the sales team, but often requires cross-discipline participation in order to close; this includes assistance from operations, engineering, creative, client success, and business development teams.

"Shit...the sales director chewed me out on the sales call this morning. He's totally pissed that I have nothing in my pipeline. I've been focused on this one whale for so long that I haven't had time to prospect for normal-sized deals."

Whale by FQ_GFY February 3, 2020

Word of the Day on September 21, 2026

Concrete cowboy

A guy who thinks he's a country kinda guy, but in reality lives a comfortable city / suburban life.

Eugene: Look at that dude in the cowboy hat!
Todd: He's just a concrete cowboy.

Concrete cowboy by EugeneJohnson42000 March 16, 2024

Word of the Day on September 20, 2026

hobo loko

any hard liquor that is cheap & potent.. eg. relska, popov, potters, evan williams, kamchatka, fireball, rumpleminze, southern comfort, everclear

hey let's get a drink of that?

go ahead
*takes drink* ugh wtf is that?

everclear & bepsi
fucking hobo loko eeessshh

hobo loko by d i z k o 2 0 8 September 14, 2026

Word of the Day on September 19, 2026

God Shot

A chance happening with profound meaning, an unexpected blessing, a "sign".

Dr. Drew on Celebrity Rehab said "All of a sudden what had been just another Hollywood proposal became for him an unexpected blessing, an opportunity for growth. In drug recovery language, that's called a "God shot."

God Shot by Imogen1564 February 25, 2011

Word of the Day on September 18, 2026