loserville
/ˈlu.zɚ.vɪl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
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.
Derogatory; Humorous; Slang
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "Boston has ended a 16-year run of being Loserville. It still hasn't sunken in. I don't know how long it will take."
- "WINNER OF THE YEAR: Leslie Moonves. The CEO of CBS has put the network back on track and kicked off a franchise with Law & Order potential with the expanded CSI. He lost Joe Abruzzese, his head of sales, to Discovery, a highprofile defection that prompted an executive at a rival network to observe, "Les and male employees don't always get alongso well." But Moonves has moved CBS from loserville to having the largest audience in TV—and even to the verge of hipness."
- "To be a smart girl was to write yourself a one-way ticket to Loserville—population you."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈlu.zɚ.vɪl/
- British English: /ˈluː.zə(ɹ).vɪl/