Why this word is great
MICAWBERISM — [Noun] Unfounded or irresponsible optimism, especially in financial matters, derived from the character Wilkins Micawber in Charles Dickens' *David Copperfield*. From the proper name Micawber (after Wilkins Micawber in Charles Dickens' 'David Copperfield') + the suffix -ism, denoting a characteristic or ideology. Unlike *stoicism* (which endures hardship without complaint) or *pessimism* (which anticipates the worst), Micawberism is the art of whistling past bankruptcy notices, of budgeting with imaginary inheritances, of believing—against all evidence—that something will "turn up." It is the lottery ticket bought with the last coin, the champagne toast in a house with the gas cut off, the curtains hung in a condemned building—a refusal to acknowledge gravity, even as the ground gives way.