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    /eks'ch*/ or /eksch/ vt. To exchange two things, each for the other; to swap places. If you point to two people sitting down and ... VIEW ENTIRE DEFINITION


    •  View Definition: deserves to lose 

    deserves to lose

    adj. Said of someone who willfully does the Wrong Thing; humorously, if one uses a feature known to be marginal. What is meant is that one deserves the consequences of one's losing actions. "Boy, anyone who tries to use mess-dos deserves to lose!" ({ITS} fans used to say this of {UNIX}; many still do.) See also screw, chomp, bagbiter.