1. lossage /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 speakers 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]
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