Word of the Day:
Pollyanna
PRONUNCIATION:
[gri-meys]
MEANING:
noun: A naively cheerful and optimistic person.
ETYMOLOGY: After Pollyanna Whittier, heroine of novels by Eleanor Porter (1868-1920). Pollyanna is an indefatigable optimist and teaches everyone to play the "glad game": find something to be glad about, no matter what tragedy befalls. Earliest documented use: 1917.
USAGE: So the doctrine of positive thinking does not require you to close your eyes and ears to the world. It does not require you to become a Pollyanna, calling everything wonderful, no matter how horrid it is.
SYNONYMS: dreamer, hoper, idealist, positive thinker
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Pollyanna
PRONUNCIATION:
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Pollyanna |
MEANING:
noun: A naively cheerful and optimistic person.
ETYMOLOGY: After Pollyanna Whittier, heroine of novels by Eleanor Porter (1868-1920). Pollyanna is an indefatigable optimist and teaches everyone to play the "glad game": find something to be glad about, no matter what tragedy befalls. Earliest documented use: 1917.
USAGE: So the doctrine of positive thinking does not require you to close your eyes and ears to the world. It does not require you to become a Pollyanna, calling everything wonderful, no matter how horrid it is.
SYNONYMS: dreamer, hoper, idealist, positive thinker
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