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loser |
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]: loserAn 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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