Worthless Word for the Day

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the worthless word for the day is: miserabilism

[fr. L miserabilis, miserable] /MIZ er(a) ba LIZ em/
a philosophy of pessimism; self-indulgent pessimism;
gloomy negativity

""Capitalism sure is sunny!" cried the unemployed
Laredo toolmaker, as I was out walking, in the streets
of Laredo. "None of that noxious Central European
miserabilism for us!" And indeed, everything I see
about me seems to support his position."
- Donald Barthelme, Sixty Stories