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happy camper

noun

Etymology

The Dictionary of American Slang suspects the phrase to have originated among California movie and show-business people as a reference to child clients of summer camps.

Definitions

  1. One who is thoroughly content or satisfied.

    • I will be a happy camper when they fix the potholes on my commute.
    • “You all look like happy campers to me,” Dan Quayle to the people of American Samoa.
    • "Call, but you can't fight union regulations" / "You're probably right. Still, their boss needs to know I'm not a happy camper."

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see happy, camper.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA