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permasingle

permasingle adjective: consistently unsuccessful at courtship; protractedly single.

Adjective

permasingle (not comparable)

  1. Consistently unsuccessful at courtship; protractedly single.
    • […] I think he's right because all the nice guys I know are permasingle." Permasingle? Is that like permafrost? "That's what I call anyone who hasn't had a steady girlfriend or boyfriend for years."2000, Philip Greenspun, Travels with Samantha, page 125
    • Of course, I hid my depression extremely well – my unhappiness with my body and my perma-single status only ever came out in public as a self-deprecating joke, and I was good enough at those that people usually laughed instead of frowning […]2012, Anne H. Putnam, Navel Gazing: One Woman's Quest for a Size Normal

Origin of permasingle

From perma- + single.

Questions about permasingle

What does permasingle mean?
Permasingle means consistently unsuccessful at courtship; protractedly single.
What part of speech is permasingle?
Permasingle is an adjective.

Words near permasingle in the dictionary

  1. permaregressed
  2. permarenter
  3. permarenters
  4. permascowls
  5. permasick
  6. permasingle
  7. permaslut
  8. permasluts
  9. permasmile
  10. permasmiles
  11. permastone

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