LOSSAGE


Meaning of LOSSAGE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ /los'*j/ n. ]

[very common] 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.

Jargon File English vocabulary.      Английский словарь жаргона.