Citations:skeptimist

Noun: "one who is both skeptical and optimistic"

 * 1996 — Robert Rubino, "Questionable Support For New SF Ballpark", Santa Rosa Press Democrat, 24 March 1996:
 * Then there are those of us who are agonizingly ambivalent about a new ballpark for the Giants. Call us "skeptimists."
 * 2007 — Bill Buxton, Sketching User Experiences: Getting the Design Right and the Right Design, Elsevier/Morgan Kaufmann (2007), ISBN 9780123740373, page 418:
 * I am by nature what I call a skeptimist, that is, someone who tries to find a workable balance between their skepticism and optimism.
 * 2010 — Natalie Black & Melissa Black, Double Sided, AuthorHouse (2010), ISBN 9781452074177, page 6:
 * Even I, a true skeptimist (it's a real thing), believe that not just looks can boost someone to the top of the food chain.