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Glass half full: talking about optimism and pessimism

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A glass filled halfway with water on a bare surface
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by Liz Walter

Some people seem to sail happily through life, always looking forward to what’s coming next and always expecting things to go well. Others are quite the opposite, always expecting bad things to happen. Today’s post looks at some of the language we use to describe these two extremes.

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