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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>loss</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="losing.html" title="losing"/><link rel="next" href="lossage.html" title="lossage"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">loss</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="losing.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">L</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="lossage.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="loss"/><dt xmlns="" id="loss"><b>loss</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Something (not a person) that loses; a situation in which something
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is losing. Emphatic forms include <span class="firstterm">moby
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loss</span>, and <span class="firstterm">total loss</span>,
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<span class="firstterm">complete loss</span>. Common interjections
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are “<span class="quote">What a loss!</span>” and “<span class="quote">What a moby loss!</span>” Note
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that <span class="firstterm">moby loss</span> is OK even though
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**<span class="firstterm">moby loser</span> is not used; applied to
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an abstract noun, moby is simply a magnifier, whereas when applied to a
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person it implies substance and has positive connotations. Compare
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<a href="lossage.html"><i class="glossterm">lossage</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="losing.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="lossage.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">losing </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> lossage</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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