Pollyanna
PRONUNCIATION:
(pol-ee-AN-uh) 
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."
A Thought About Negative Thinking; Deccan Chronicle (India); Sep 16, 2012.
A Thought About Negative Thinking; Deccan Chronicle (India); Sep 16, 2012.
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