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To: GST who wrote (132583)10/5/2001 9:39:27 AM
From: Oeconomicus  Read Replies (2) of 164684
 
GST,
Pollyanna - an irrepressible optimist or one with a tendency to always find good in everything. I looked it up months ago when someone else on an SI thread misused it as you did (probably in reference to me ;-). Note it does not say *trying* to find something good in everything, but implies actually finding it - even if it doesn't exist. Similarly, one can be rationally optimistic (even if others disagree on the reasons) or irrepressibly so (unwilling to consider that optimism may not be warranted). Well, that's my interpretation of Webster's anyway.

Bob

PS: Nobody wants to guess? Here's another quote that may define the opposite of a pollyanna - "A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin." - H.L. Menken.
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