lossage
<jargon> /los'*j/ The result of a bug or malfunction. This is a mass or
collective noun. "What a loss!" and "What lossage!" are nearly synonymous. The
former is slightly more particular to the speaker's present circumstances; the
latter implies a continuing lose of which the speaker is currently a victim.
Thus (for example) a temporary hardware failure is a loss, but bugs in an
important tool (like a compiler) are serious lossage.
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(1995-04-19)
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