4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Loser  \Los"er\,  n. 
  One  who  loses.  --South. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  loser 
  n  1:  a  contestant  who  loses  the  contest  [syn:  {also-ran}]  [ant:  {winner}] 
  2:  a  person  with  a  record  of  failing  [syn:  {failure},  {nonstarter}, 
  {unsuccessful  person}]  [ant:  {achiever}] 
  3:  a  gambler  who  loses  a  bet  [ant:  {winner}] 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  loser  n.  An  unexpectedly  bad  situation,  program,  programmer, 
  or  person.  Someone  who  habitually  loses.  (Even  winners  can  lose 
  occasionally.)  Someone  who  knows  not  and  knows  not  that  he  knows  not 
  Emphatic  forms  are  `real  loser',  `total  loser',  and  `complete  loser' 
  (but  not  **`moby  loser',  which  would  be  a  contradiction  in  terms). 
  See  {luser}. 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  loser 
 
    An  unexpectedly  bad  situation,  program,  programmer, 
  or  person.  Someone  who  habitually  loses.  (Even  winners  can 
  lose  occasionally).  Someone  who  knows  not  and  knows  not  that 
  he  knows  not  Emphatic  forms  are  "real  loser",  "total  loser", 
  and  "complete  loser"  (but  not  **"moby  loser",  which  would  be  a 
  contradiction  in  terms). 
 
  See  {luser}. 
 
  [{Jargon  File}] 
 
  (1995-04-19) 
 
 

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