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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>deserves to 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="../D.html" title="D"/><link rel="previous" href="derf.html" title="derf"/><link rel="next" href="despew.html" title="despew"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">deserves to lose</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="derf.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">D</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="despew.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="deserves-to-lose"/><dt xmlns="" id="deserves-to-lose"><b>deserves to lose</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [common] Said of someone who willfully does the
<a href="../W/Wrong-Thing.html"><i class="glossterm">Wrong Thing</i></a>; humorously, if one uses a feature known to be
<a href="../M/marginal.html"><i class="glossterm">marginal</i></a>. What is meant is that one deserves the
consequences of one's <a href="../L/losing.html"><i class="glossterm">losing</i></a> actions. &#8220;<span class="quote">Boy,
anyone who tries to use <a href="../M/mess-dos.html"><i class="glossterm">mess-dos</i></a> deserves to
<a href="../L/lose.html"><i class="glossterm">lose</i></a>!</span>&#8221; (<a href="../I/ITS.html"><i class="glossterm">ITS</i></a> fans used
to say the same thing of <a href="../U/Unix.html"><i class="glossterm">Unix</i></a>; many still do.) See
also <a href="../S/screw.html"><i class="glossterm">screw</i></a>, <a href="../C/chomp.html"><i class="glossterm">chomp</i></a>,
<a href="../B/bagbiter.html"><i class="glossterm">bagbiter</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="derf.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../D.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="despew.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">derf </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> despew</td></tr></table></div></body></html>