different between loser vs cyberloser

English

Etymology

From Middle English loser, losere, equivalent to lose +? -er. In the sense of contemptible or worthless individual, perhaps an alteration of losel, which see.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lu?z?(?)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /luz?/
• Rhymes: -u?z?(?)

Noun

loser (plural losers)

1. A person who loses; one who fails to win or thrive.

   Antonym: winner

2. Something of poor quality.
3. A person who is frequently unsuccessful in life.

   Synonym: failure

4. (derogatory) A contemptible or unfashionable person.

   Synonyms: crumb, (archaic) losel, louse; see also Thesaurus:worthless person
5. One who or that which loses something, such as extra weight, car keys, etc.
6. (slang) A person convicted of a crime, especially more than once.

Derived terms

Related terms

• losel

Translations

Anagrams

• Osler, Rosel, Soler, eorls, lo-res, lores, orles, relos, roles, rôles, slore, soler, sorel

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English loser.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: lo?ser

Noun

loser m (plural losers, diminutive losertje n)

1. loser

Synonyms

• mislukkeling

French

Alternative forms

• looser, looseur, louseur

Etymology

From English loser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lu.zœ?/
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /lu.z?/

Noun

loser m (plural losers)

1. (colloquial) loser

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lo?z?/

Adjective

loser

1. comparative degree of lose
2. inflection of lose:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

loser m

1. indefinite plural of los

English

Etymology

From cyber- +? loser.

Noun

cyberloser (plural cyberlosers)

1. (very rare) A loser on the Internet.
   • 1996, CIO (volume 9, number 11, 15 March 1996), cover story

     Are You a Cyberuser or a Cyberloser?

   • 2008, Matthew Fraser, Soumitra Dutta, Throwing Sheep in the Boardroom

     Meanwhile, cyberlosers who rip off profiles are increasingly being upbraided with angry messages […]

   • 2010, Neil Richardson, Ruth M Gosnay, A Quick Start Guide to Social Media Marketing (page 30)

     FakeYourSpace brazenly offers to 'turn cyberlosers into social magnets' by populating users' walls with physically attractive 'friends'. The site ran into legal problems after complaints that it was using photographs of fashion models […]