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.
[Jargon File]Last updated: 1995-04-19
Nearby terms:
losing ♦ loss ♦ lossage ♦ lossless ♦ lossless audio compression ♦ Lossless Predictive Audio Compression
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