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hopium
n. The irrational belief that, despite all evidence to the contrary, things will turn out for the best. Also: hopeium, hope-ium. [Hope + opium.]
Example Citations:
You'd better not shout, pout or cry because you know who might be coming to town. At least that seems to be the growing feeling among commentators. Realistic? Or is it a case of, as CNBC beautifully put it on Wednesday, markets being on a new drug called hopium?
-Greg Peel, "Next Week at a Glance," FNArena, December 2, 2011
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One solution that comes to everyone's mind...is Voice-to-text software. However interesting and Star Wars-like it might seem such "hopium" is years away (if at all) from meeting even the minimum accuracy requirements stated above.
-Dr. Robert H. Tippetts and Eric Tippetts, "Sales Call Reporting and Explanatory Knowledge" (PDF), Voice2Insight Services, July 5, 2001
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n. The irrational belief that, despite all evidence to the contrary, things will turn out for the best. Also: hopeium, hope-ium. [Hope + opium.]
Example Citations:
You'd better not shout, pout or cry because you know who might be coming to town. At least that seems to be the growing feeling among commentators. Realistic? Or is it a case of, as CNBC beautifully put it on Wednesday, markets being on a new drug called hopium?
-Greg Peel, "Next Week at a Glance," FNArena, December 2, 2011
Earliest Citation:
One solution that comes to everyone's mind...is Voice-to-text software. However interesting and Star Wars-like it might seem such "hopium" is years away (if at all) from meeting even the minimum accuracy requirements stated above.
-Dr. Robert H. Tippetts and Eric Tippetts, "Sales Call Reporting and Explanatory Knowledge" (PDF), Voice2Insight Services, July 5, 2001
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