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Loserville

UK/ˈluː.zə(ɹ).vɪl//ˈlu.zɚ.vɪl/

Loserville proper noun: a metaphorical town or city inhabited by losers, used to describe a real place, situation or person perceived as unsuccessful, unappealing or lacking social standing.

Proper noun

Loserville

  1. (derogatory, humorous, often, slang) A metaphorical town or city inhabited by losers, used to describe a real place, situation or person perceived as unsuccessful, unappealing or lacking social standing.
    • By using their sexuality for bait as well as for pleasure, game players can satisfy both their hangups and their desires and thus keep themselves reasonably contented—on their way to lonely Loserville.1970, Eric Berne, “Why People Play Games”, in Sex in Human Loving, New York: Simon & Schuster, page 191
    • The movie, funny but acrid (burnt around the edges), has also spawned a spin-off book, a Swingers manual. Favreau plays Mike, a shlub strictly from Loserville who mopes over an old girlfriend and gets nowhere fast as an actor in Hollywood.1997 May, James Wolcott, “When They Were Kings”, in Vanity Fair, number 441, page 87

Examples of Loserville in a sentence

  • Boston has ended a 16-year run of being Loserville.2002 February 5, Jim Pignatiello, “Diary of a madman”, in The Massachusetts Daily Collegian, volume CVIII, number 74, page 9:
  • To be a smart girl was to write yourself a one-way ticket to Loserville—population you.2005, Roberta Hamilton, “Representation and Subjectivity” (chapter 6), in Gendering the Vertical Mosaic: Femenist Perpectives on Canadian...

Origin of Loserville

From loser + -ville.

Questions about Loserville

What does Loserville mean?
Loserville means a metaphorical town or city inhabited by losers, used to describe a real place, situation or person perceived as unsuccessful, unappealing or lacking social standing.
How do you use Loserville in a sentence?
Boston has ended a 16-year run of being Loserville.
What part of speech is Loserville?
Loserville is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Loserville?
Loserville is pronounced /ˈluː.zə(ɹ).vɪl/ (UK).

Words near Loserville in the dictionary

  1. loserly
  2. loserness
  3. losers
  4. losers back home
  5. losership
  6. Loserville
  7. loses
  8. loses caste
  9. loses control
  10. loses count
  11. loses face

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