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- noun informal, derogatory
Irrational orunwarranted optimism .
Etymologies
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Examples
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We must stop smoking the "hopium" - no good daddy or heroic leader will save us.
Abandon (False) Hope 2010
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For one, I've been smoking what one of my readers calls hopium - that's the stubborn refusal to look reality in the face and just keep on wishin 'and hopin'.
Precious Metals Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha Kevin Barker 2010
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For one, I've been smoking what one of my readers calls hopium - that's the stubborn refusal to look reality in the face and just keep on wishin 'and hopin'.
Precious Metals Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha Kevin Barker 2010
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For one, I've been smoking what one of my readers calls hopium - that's the stubborn refusal to look reality in the face and just keep on wishin 'and hopin'.
SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page Kevin Barker 2010
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I wonder how the "hopium" smokers are enjoying all this change.
Latest Articles 2010
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Now he's a Clinton ass sucker, and he can't contain himself against the "hopium" smokers.
Think Progress 2009
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Now he's a Clinton ass sucker, and he can't contain himself against the "hopium" smokers.
Think Progress 2009
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Now he's a Clinton ass sucker, and he can't contain himself against the "hopium" smokers.
Think Progress 2009
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Kind of fits in with all the irrational, "hopium" delusional behavior.
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2008
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"hopium" (I swear, I thought a long-time, sane-seeming acquaintance was actually going to hit me Friday night when I accused Obama of not being the innocent referee of two polarized parties with Obamacare), Obama, with his engaging smile and handy gift for rhetoric, is finishing off democracy as we know it.
Corrente libbyliberal 2010
planspark commented on the word hopium
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March 23, 2009
scarequotes commented on the word hopium
http://www.thestreet.com/story/13468202/1/don-t-get-duped-by-the-sucker-s-rally-in-energy-here-s-how-to-play-it.html
Allow us to expand your financial lexicon with a new word: "hopium." This is a drug favored by permabulls who ignore fundamental data in favor of illusory hope. Hopium seems to be fueling the rises lately in the energy sector and broader markets.
February 24, 2016