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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. |