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.
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losing adj.
Said of anything that is or causes a lose or lossage.
"The compiler is losing badly when I try to use templates."
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loss n.
Something (not a person) that loses; a situation in which
something is losing. Emphatic forms include `moby loss', and
`total loss', `complete loss'. Common interjections are "What a
loss!" and "What a moby loss!" Note that `moby loss' is OK even
though **`moby loser' is not used; applied to an abstract noun,
moby is simply a magnifier, whereas when applied to a person it
implies substance and has positive connotations. Compare lossage.