What does the term happy-go-lucky mean?
2007-01-02 12:31:11 · 6 answers · asked by Psycho Dork 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
It means to be carefree or take things as they come
2007-01-02 12:32:30 · answer #1 · answered by nothankyou 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I did some googling, and came up with these (see sources for where I found them):
"The dictionary cites a first use in 1856. I don't have an origin. The meaning is blithely unconcerned, blissfully without care.
HAPPY-GO-LUCKY - "Carefree, unconcerned. This is the only meaning of the phrase today, and it dates from the 19th century. Herman Melville has it in 'Moby Dick' (1851): 'A happy-go-lucky; neither craven nor valiant.' An earlier meaning was haphazard, as luck would have it. It is seen in Edward Arber's 'An English Garner' (1699): 'The Redcoats cried, 'Shall we fall in order, or go happy-go-lucky?'" From "The Dictionary of Cliches" by James Rogers (Ballantine Books, New York, 1985)."
And the second source I site puts the origins at:
"Happy-go-lucky is from 1672."
2007-01-02 20:48:09 · answer #2 · answered by AnAvidViewer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means To be Carefree and Happy all the time.
2007-01-02 20:35:00 · answer #3 · answered by ------- 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Means you are a very jolly person, and people who usually say it hate that you are so happy.
Krazy Libra
2007-01-02 20:33:13 · answer #4 · answered by krazy_libra_from_ac 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
care free and optimistic
2007-01-02 20:32:35 · answer #5 · answered by Azuma 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you take things as they come.nothing bothers you at all.
2007-01-02 20:35:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋