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  2. Loser - Wikipedia

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    Loser (band), an American rock band "Loser" (Big Bang song), a 2015 song by Big Bang "Loser" (Beck song), a 1993 song by Beck "Loser" (3 Doors Down song), a 2000 song by 3 Doors Down from their album The Better Life "Loser" (Ayreon song), a 2005 song by Ayreon; Losers, a 1990 album by Sentridoh "Losers" (Post Malone song)

  3. Pejorative - Wikipedia

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    In historical linguistics, the process of an inoffensive word becoming pejorative is a form of semantic drift known as pejoration.An example of pejoration is the shift in meaning of the word silly from meaning that a person was happy and fortunate to meaning that they are foolish and unsophisticated. [3]

  4. List of common false etymologies of English words - Wikipedia

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    Crap: The word "crap" did not originate as a back-formation of British plumber Thomas Crapper's surname, nor does his name originate from the word "crap", although the surname may have helped popularize the word.

  5. Lists of pejorative terms for people - Wikipedia

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    Lists of pejorative terms for people include: . List of ethnic slurs. List of ethnic slurs and epithets by ethnicity; List of common nouns derived from ethnic group names

  6. Finders, keepers - Wikipedia

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    Finders, keepers, sometimes extended as the children's rhyme finders, keepers; losers, weepers, is an English adage with the premise that when something is unowned or abandoned, whoever finds it first can claim it for themself permanently.

  7. Online Etymology Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    The Online Etymology Dictionary or Etymonline, sometimes abbreviated as OED (not to be confused with the Oxford English Dictionary, which the site often cites), is a free online dictionary that describes the origins of English words, written and compiled by Douglas R. Harper.

  8. Schmuck (pejorative) - Wikipedia

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    Schmuck, or shmuck, is a pejorative term meaning one who is stupid or foolish, or an obnoxious, contemptible or detestable person. The word came into the English language from Yiddish (Yiddish: שמאָק, shmok), where it has similar pejorative meanings, but where its literal meaning is a vulgar term for a penis.

  9. Sportsmanship - Wikipedia

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    Sore loser behavior includes blaming others for the loss, not accepting responsibility for personal actions that contributed to the defeat, reacting to the loss in an immature or improper fashion, making excuses for the defeat, and citing unfavorable conditions or other petty issues as reasons for the defeat. [7]