Mark Tapleyism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A jolly and optimistic attitude maintained in the face of adversity.

Word forms

Mark Tapleyism

Etymology

From Mark Tapley + -ism, from a character in Charles Dickens' Martin Chuzzlewit.

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