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permasingle

adj

Etymology

From perma- + single.

  1. derived from *sem-✻ — “one”
  2. derived from singulus
  3. derived from sengle
  4. inherited from single
  5. prefixed as permasingle — “perma + single”

Definitions

  1. Consistently unsuccessful at courtship

    Consistently unsuccessful at courtship; protractedly single.

    • […] I think he's right because all the nice guys I know are permasingle." Permasingle? Is that like permafrost? "That's what I call anyone who hasn't had a steady girlfriend or boyfriend for years."
    • One of the awkward things about being permasingle is how it makes other people feel bad for you.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for permasingle. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA