Quash that attitude!

Quash is a verb. It comes to us via Middle English, via Middle French, via Latin. It means to nullify, suppress, or extinguish.

So if you want to be happy, then quash the positive attitude. Read Quash Those Dreams on musinglog.blogspot.com. Some people are just not happy unless they are miserable!

Miserable is an adjective related to the noun, miser. A miser is a mean grasping person, especially one who lives miserably in order to hoard his wealth. From Latin, through the same route as quash.