happy camper



(a) happy camper

a happy person. The boss came in this morning and found his hard disk trashed. He was not a happy camper.
See also: camper, happy

happy camper

A satisfied participant, a contented person, as in She loved the challenge of her new job; she was one happy camper. This expression is also often put in the negative, as in She hated the heat and humidity of the southern summer; she was not a happy camper. [Slang; mid-1900s]
See also: camper, happy

happy camper

n. a happy person. (Often in the negative.) I am not a happy camper. I am tired, hungry, and I need a shower.
See also: camper, happy

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Zubaida-Arabic
IdaIE-də (English), EE-dah (German, Swedish, Danish, Dutch, Italian)English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian, Slovene
AleksanteriAH-lek-sahn-te-reeFinnish
Feliciafə-LEE-shə (English), fe-LEE-thyah (Spanish), fe-LEE-syah (Latin American Spanish), fe-LEE-chyah (Romanian), fe-LEE-see-ah (Swedish)English, Spanish, Hungarian, Romanian, Dutch, Swedish, Late Roman
CarynKER-ən, KAR-ənEnglish
Noelleno-ELEnglish