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.
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.
Related:
- loss: n. Something (not a person) that loses; a situation in which
something is losing.
Emphatic forms include `moby loss', and `total loss'... - moby /moh'bee/
[MIT: seems to have been in use among
model railroad fans years ago.
Derived from Melville's "Moby Dick" (some say from... - loser n.
An unexpectedly bad situation, program,
programmer, or person. Someone who habitually loses... - loser: n. An unexpectedly bad situation, program, programmer,
or person. Someone who habitually loses. (Even... - lossage /los'*j/ n.
[very common] The result of a bug
or malfunction.
This is a mass or collective noun. "What a loss... - lossage: /los'*j/ n. The result of a bug or malfunction.
This is a mass or collective noun. "What a loss... - Polynesia (n.) loss of
memory in... - What an irreparable loss!" ~~ Auguste
Comte, d.... - What an irreparable loss!"
--Auguste Comte,
philosopher, 1798...
