happy camper

a happy person. more often it seems to be used with “not” to describe unhappiness. it has been in usage for at least 10 years now, where or how it was originated is currently unknown.
“that man who just got rear ended in the car accident does not look like a happy camper!”
the term happy camper originates from the quote, “not a happy camper”.

it has been in use for over 20 years.

it’s origins are similar to that of the term “touron” which is a cross between a tourist and a moron. these terms began and are currently widely used in the resort industry and national park service.

it was in use as early as 1986 yosemite national park by employees of the yosemite park and curry company.
laura was not a “happy camper’ when a bear ate all her food.
quite literally, someone who is happy doing what they’re doing, or has just had a happy experience.
if you’re not a happy camper, then you’ve just had a bad experience.
i went to sleep-away camp in the 1960’s-1970’s, and this was an old expression counselors used back then. they’d ask us kids, “are you all happy campers?” to check with us that we were ok. it was a situational rhyme.
a grew with leaders knows as stanky d-ck , ticklesh-ts, sh-thead (sh-teeed), an claxton,an crippled cougar who f-ck sh-t up!
person 1:ayyee i heard the happy campers live around here
person 2: ohh sh-t there the realest n-gg-s in the game
quite simply to be put as a man who enjoys grasping the manbeef
man1: dayum, that hc gives some fine mudda fuggin nuthugging..
man2: oath its like get on your knees and camp on my c-ck you happy m-f-
a word that is interchangeable with ‘cheater’.
blaster: hey, that guy’s a happrycamper!

sir_knumbskull: ok! who’s happycamping!?
this term refers to a male wearing underwear (or pants) who has an erection (i.e., the tent pole). a man sporting a “tent in his pants” is -ssumed to be a “happy camper”.

makes perfect sense now, doesn’t it?
“look who’s the happy camper this morning.”

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