Winner 1. N. An Unexpectedly Good Situation, Program, Programmer, Or Person.

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winner

1. n. An unexpectedly good situation, program,
programmer, or person. 2. `real winner': Often sarcastic, but
also used as high praise (see also the note under user).
"He's a real winner -- never reports a bug till he can duplicate
it and send in an example."

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