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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Loser \Los"er\, noun
1. One who loses; as, the loser pays for a round of beer. --South.
2. A person who is habitually unsuccessful at some endeavor, such as employment or personal relationships. [slang] [PJC]
3. A plan or strategy unlikely to succeed. [slang] [PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
loser
noun
1: a contestant who loses the contest [syn: {also-ran}] [ant: {winner}]
2: a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently [syn: {failure}, {nonstarter}, {unsuccessful person}] [ant: {achiever}]
3: a gambler who loses a bet [ant: {winner}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
38 Moby Thesaurus words for "loser": also-ran, bankrupt, bomb, booby, bummer, bust, clinker, con, defeatee, duck, dud, failure, fall guy, false alarm, fiasco, flop, game loser, good loser, good sport, hard-luck guy, hardcase, jailbird, lag, lemon, misfit, nebbish, poor unfortunate, sad sack, schlemiel, schlimazel, sport, stooge, sure loser, the vanquished, underdog, unfortunate, victim, washout
From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [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 (27 SEP 03) [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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