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.
