We have con¬sidered for inclusion all unconventional English that has been used with the purpose or effect of either lowering the formality of communication and reducing solemnity and/or identifying status or group and putting oneself in tune with one's company. A term recorded here might be slang, slangy jargon, a colloquialism, an acronym, an initialism, a vulgarism or a catchphrase. | 409 lose or win loved up luvdup luvved up become angry excited nervous etc to lose your self-possession us 1984. lose your lunch to vomit us i9is lose or win noun the foreskin. Rhyming slang uk 2003 loser noun 1 a socially inept person a person with consistently bad luck anyone deemed unacceptable or an outcast us 1955. 2 a convicted felon us 1912. 3 a hospital patient who dies us 1970 losersville noun a notionalplace where all socially inept people live INDIA 2002 lossage noun the ongoing effect of a computer malfunction us 1991 loss-leader noun something displayed prominently and at a cutprice rate to encourage further buying of other stock us 1922 lossy adjective used of a data-compression computer program apt to lose some data us 1997 lost adjective murdered especially as a victim of criminal justice us 1962 lost-and-found badge noun a US Army name tag. Gulf war usage US 1991 lost fart in a haunted milk bottle noun the epitome of distraction or indecision. RoyalNavy slang. uk 1989 lost in the sauce adjective daydreaming completely inattentive us 1988 lost-it noun a person under the sway of drug intoxication uk 1997 lost sailor noun in the language surrounding the GratefulDead a follower of the band who has lost all touch with reality. From the title of a GratefulDead song us 1994 lost time noun the reduction of time from a prison sentence for good behaviour us 1950 Lost Wages nickname Las Vegas Nevada us 1951 losum game noun in the language of carnivalworkers a game that for whatever reason should be terminated immediately us 1985 lot noun do the lot to lose allyour money uk 1961. the lot a life sentence in prison new Zealand 1997 lotion noun alcohol uk 1876 lot lady noun in circus and carnivalusage a local woman who is attracted to and makes herself sexually available to circus or carnival employees. In short a circus or carnival groupie us 1981 lot lizard noun 1 an aggressive car salesman us 2001. 2 a prostitute who works at transport cafes us 1987 lot loafer
