英语词汇gloomy gus的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	gloomy gus
词源	Gloomy Gus. A person who is always gloomy, sad, pessimis- tic, as in “He’s a real Gloomy Gus.” The expression is still heard today, although it dates back to 1904, when it was introduced as the name of a character in Frank Opper’s comic strip Happy Hooligan. Gloomy Gus’s British counterpart is Dismal Jimmy, whose 19th-century origins are elusive.
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