crapehanger
Dec. 29th, 2014 08:07 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
prettygoodwordcrapehanger (KRAYP-hang-er) - n., morose, gloomy, or pessimistic person.
Someone who is metaphorically wearing mourning crape all the time. My guess was this would be 18th century slang, but no, it's an Americanism from the 1910s -- from the crape (alt. of crepe) fabric used in mourning + hang, slang for to wear + -er.
---L.
Someone who is metaphorically wearing mourning crape all the time. My guess was this would be 18th century slang, but no, it's an Americanism from the 1910s -- from the crape (alt. of crepe) fabric used in mourning + hang, slang for to wear + -er.
---L.
