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Meaning of "luser" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LUSER

A blend of loser + user.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF LUSER

luser  [ˈluːzə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LUSER

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Luser is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LUSER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

luser

SVensson's ITS on KLH-10 Welcome to SV! SV ITS.1648. PWORD.2660. TTY 11 2. Lusers, Fair Share = 2% * Classical use of "luser" at the ITS login screen In Internet slang, a luser is a painfully annoying, stupid, or irritating computer user. The word is a portmanteau of "loser" and "user". In hackish, the word luser takes on a broad meaning, referring to any normal user, with the implication the person is also a loser. The term is interchangeable with the hackish term lamer. It can also signify a layman with only user account privileges, as opposed to a power user or administrator, who have knowledge of, and access to, superuser accounts. For example, The Sysadmin doesn't trust the end luser with a root account password. This term is very popular with technical support staff who have to deal with lusers as part of their job, often metaphorically employing a LART...

Definition of luser in the English dictionary

The definition of luser in the dictionary is a user of a computer system, as considered by a systems administator or other member of a technical support team.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LUSER


abuser
əbˈjuːzə
accuser
əˈkjuːzə
amuser
əmˈjuːzə
chooser
ˈtʃuːzə
cruiser
ˈkruːzə
diffuser
dɪˈfjuːzə
lalapalooza
ˌlɒləpəˈluːzə
lallapalooza
ˌlæləpəˈluːzə
Lampedusa
ˌlæmpɪˈdjuːzə
lollapalooza
ˌlɒləpəˈluːzə
loser
ˈluːzə
medusa
mɪˈdjuːzə
money-loser
ˈmʌnɪˌluːzə
occlusor
əˈkluːzə
refuser
rɪˈfjuːzə
Sousa
ˈsuːzə
Susah
ˈsuːzə
user
ˈjuːzə
vote-loser
ˈvəʊtluːzə
yakuza
jəˈkuːzə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LUSER

luscious
lusciously
lusciousness
lush
lusher
lushly
lushness
lushy
Lusitania
Lusitanian
lusk
luskish
luskishness
lust
luster
lusterless
lusterware
lustful
lustfully
lustfulness

WORDS THAT END LIKE LUSER

arouser
causer
child abuser
end user
focuser
grouser
houser
infuser
intravenous drug user
Mauser
mouser
multi-user
pauser
rabble-rouser
road user
rouser
scouser
touser
trouser
wheelchair user

Synonyms and antonyms of luser in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «luser» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LUSER

Find out the translation of luser to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of luser from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «luser» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

luser
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Translator English - Spanish

luser
570 millions of speakers

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510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

luser
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

luser
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

LUSER
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

luser
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

luser
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Translator English - French

luser
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Luser
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Translator English - German

luser
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

luser
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

LUSER
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Luser
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Translator English - Vietnamese

luser
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

luser
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ल्यूसर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

luser
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

luser
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

luser
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

LUSER
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

luser
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

luser
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

luser
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

luser
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

luser
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of luser

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LUSER»

The term «luser» is regularly used and occupies the 96.989 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LUSER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about luser

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LUSER»

Discover the use of luser in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to luser and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Luser and I
Talk to you later.” You are putting down the phone as well. Note: You did not expect him to read out loud the word next to the icon – or did you? Now, treasure this moment, since you will not always be able to provide proof as to what a luser  ...
André Pflaum, 2009
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Linux Server Hacks: 100 Industrial-Strength Tips and Tools
Did luser have any sudo privileges? Check visudo to be sure. How about cron jobs or at jobs? crontab -u luser -e atq For that matter, is luser running any jobs right now? ps awux |grep -i ^luser or as in “Manipulating Processes Symbolically  ...
Rob Flickenger, 2003
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Teach Yourself VISUALLY iPod touch
B Off' 365t d . V' th' 'l Press the H 0 m e b Utto" twice "1 c| Ulck v53. stile. YO'; 22y' ioffme'lilfi'réfi..succession. Apple 6/21/12 How to reset your Apple ID password. ' Dear John Luser, To reset your Apple ID password, simply click the link below.
Guy Hart-Davis, 2012
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Teach Yourself VISUALLY iPad 4th Generation and iPad mini
View this email in your browser You may lose the data from your expired Microsoft® Office 365 trial Did you realize that your Office 365 trial expired on... Apple 6/21/12 How to reset your Apple ID passw... Dear John Luser. To reset your Apple ...
Guy Hart-Davis, 2013
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Managing NFS and NIS
int ruserok(const char *rhost, int suser, const char *ruser, const char *luser); The rhost parameter is the name of the remote host from where the remote user is. The ruser parameter is the login name of the remote user. The luser parameter is  ...
Mike Eisler, Ricardo Labiaga, Hal Stern, 2001
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Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking
Luser is a common intentional misspelling of loser. “A luser is a painfully annoying, stupid, or irritating computer user. The word luser is often synonymous with lamer. In hackish, the word luser takes on a broader meaning, referring to any ...
E. Gabriella Coleman, 2013
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Managing Cisco Network Security 2E
220 ProFTPD 1.2.2 Server (ProFTPD Default Installation) [fred.callisma.com] User (fred.callisma.com:(none)): luser 331 Password required for luser. Password: 230 User luser logged in. Here is what flows over the wire, visible to someone with ...
Syngress, 2002
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Computer Aided Systems Theory -- EUROCAST 2011: 13th ...
The tryaccess(luser, net, openconnection(url)) control action in line 3 represents the request issued by the user for opening a new network connection. This request is allowed only if the authorization predicate in line 4 is satisfied, i.e. if the URL ...
Roberto Moreno-Díaz, Franz Pichler, Alexis Quesada Arencibia, 2012
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Distributed Programming with Ruby
Processing luser/Z-1249009872.15377... Processed luser/2~1249009872.15377 in (3.00500011444092) seconds. Processing luser/3-1249009872.17103... Processed Iuser/3-1249009872.17103 in (2.005002021789551 seconds.
Mark Bates, 2009
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Storage Management in Data Centers: Understanding, ...
The second example will prove that. We have created a 1 GB volume for UFS and a 1 GB volume for VxFS. We will mount the two file systems and then fill them with data. The UFS will be filled by the non-priviledged user luser until the file ...
Volker Herminghaus, Albrecht Scriba, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LUSER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term luser is used in the context of the following news items.
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Pröll fordert EU-weite Asylquote
... Georgiens Verteidigungsministerin Tinatin Khidashli, Tschechiens stellvertretender Premierminister Andrej Babis, Prälat Columban Luser, ... «ORF.at, Jun 15»
2
Why it's worth mastering acronyms
They are a “luser”. That word comes from a pointyhead at MIT. His computer system registered others on the network as “1 user”, which looks ... «Evening Standard, Apr 15»
3
Neue, beachtliche Funde unter Tage
Zudem werde die Planung für den Bergbauweg von Suggental über den Luser nach Glottertal vorangetrieben. Das Interesse daran sei sehr ... «Badische Zeitung, Apr 15»
4
Traveling Back through the Advocate archives: Sept. 10
... Harvey G. Haen, 90, Sturgeon Bay; Donna M. Saballus, 62, Sister Bay; Lawrence O. “Larry” Luser, 63, Egg Harbor; Jean Marie Pokrzywinski, ... «Green Bay Press Gazette, Sep 14»
5
Sensory Annihilation: Things Learned At Donaufestival
At Kunsthalle Krems, Constantin Luser's spatial drawings and William Kentridge's films featuring a morose grey protagonist exhibit alongside ... «The Quietus, May 14»
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Preview: Donaufestival
... Drawings For Projection' features a selection of photographed pastel and charcoal drawings, while Austrian artist Constantin Luser's "tangled ... «The Quietus, Apr 14»
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Carmen Disruption review – 'delights in being counterintuitive'
Carmen Disruption Streams of consciousness … Anne Müller, Samuel Weiss and Christoph Luser in Carmen Disruption. Photograph: David ... «The Guardian, Mar 14»
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Constantin Luser Belvedere Christmas Tree 2013
Constantin Luser (born 1976 in Graz, lives and works in Vienna) has devised this year's Belvedere Christmas tree as a playable sound object ... «E-Flux, Dec 13»
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BC21 BostonConsulting & BelvedereContemporary Art Award 2013
To date the prize has been awarded to Constantin Luser (2007), Nadim Vardag (2009), and Lucie Stahl (2011). It has been regarded as a prime example of ... «E-Flux, Sep 13»
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Contemporary Istanbul announces its 8th edition
... Hans Scheirl, Constantin Luser, Gabriele Edlbauer, Rudolf Polanzsky, Rita Nowak. Sponsored by OMV Group, the special project sponsor of ... «eTurboNews, Sep 13»

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