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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>lose</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../L.html" title="L"/><link rel="previous" href="lord-high-fixer.html" title="lord high fixer"/><link rel="next" href="lose-lose.html" title="lose lose"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">lose</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="lord-high-fixer.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">L</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="lose-lose.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="lose"/><dt xmlns="" id="lose"><b>lose</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">vi.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. [very common] To fail. A program loses when it encounters an
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exceptional condition or fails to work in the expected manner. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. To be exceptionally unesthetic or crocky.</p></dd><dd><p> 3. Of people, to be obnoxious or unusually stupid (as opposed to
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ignorant). See also <a href="../D/deserves-to-lose.html"><i class="glossterm">deserves to lose</i></a>. </p></dd><dd><p> 4. <span class="grammar">n.</span> Refers to something that
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is <a href="losing.html"><i class="glossterm">losing</i></a>, especially in the phrases “<span class="quote">That's a
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lose!</span>” and “<span class="quote">What a lose!</span>”</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="lord-high-fixer.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../L.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="lose-lose.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">lord high fixer </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> lose lose</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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