Lord love a duck!exclam. Wow! Lord
love a duck! It’s Mary! Lord love a duck,
I’m tired!
lo-resGo to low-res.
lorg[lorg] n. a stupid person. Why is
Frank such a lorg? Can’t he get with it?
Tell that lorg to find his own chair.
lose a bundletv. to lose a lot of money.
(See also bundle. Compare this with
make a bundle.) Don lost a bundle
on that land purchase. I know I would
lose a bundle if I got on a riverboat and
gambled.
lose (all) one’s marblestv. to become
crazy. (See also have all one’s marbles.)
Have you lost all your marbles? She
acts like she lost her marbles.
lose it 1. tv. to empty one’s stomach; to
vomit. (Collegiate.) Oh, God! I think
I’m going to lose it! Go lose it in the
bushes. 2. tv. to get angry; to lose one’s
temper. It was too much for him. Ted
lost it. I sat there calmly, biting my lip
to keep from losing it.
lose one’s cooltv. to lose control; to lose
one’s temper. (Compare this with keep
one’s cool.) Now, don’t lose your cool.
Relax. I’m trying not to lose my cool, but
it’s hard.
lose one’s doughnutsGo to blow one’s
doughnuts.
lose one’s grip and lose one’s holdtv.
to lose one’s control over something.
When I begin to lose my grip, I will just
quit. I’m losing my hold. It must be time
to chuck it.
lose one’s holdGo to lose one’s grip.
lose one’s lunch Go to blow (one’s)
lunch.
lose one’s shirttv. to go broke; to lose
everything of value, even one’s shirt. I
lost my shirt on that bank deal. Try not
to lose your shirt in the market again.
loser[“luz#] n. an inept person; an unde-
sirable or annoying person; a social fail-
ure. Dave is a real loser. Only losers
wear clothes like that. Those guys are all
losers. They’ll never amount to anything.
losing streakn. a period of bad luck, es-
pecially in gambling. After a prolonged
losing streak, Diamond Jane retired and
opened some sort of manicure parlor out-
side Las Vegas. I’ve been on a three-year
losing streak in my business. I’m just about
done.
lost-and-found badgen. a military iden-
tification tag; a military dog tag. (From
the Persian Gulf War.) Ted’s lost-and-
found badge was stolen while he was on
leave. My father still keeps his lost-and-
found badge from the Korean War.
lost causen. a hopeless or worthless thing
or person. The whole play began to
wash out during the second act. It was a
lost cause by the third. Bart is just a lost
cause. Just forget about him.
lost in the saucemod. alcohol intoxicated
and bewildered. Bill spends many days
lost in the sauce. Sally got lost in the
sauce at the party and made quite a spec-
tacle of herself.
Lots of luck! 1. exclam. Good luck! I’m
glad you’re giving it a try. Lots of luck!
Lots of luck in your new job! 2. exclam.
You don’t have a chance!; Good luck,
you’ll need it! (Sarcastic.) Think you
stand a chance? Lots of luck! You a sen-
ator? Lots of luck!
loudmouthn. a person who talks too much
or too loudly. I try not to be a loud-
mouth, but I sometimes get carried away.
There are a number of loudmouths in
here who are competing with one another.
louse[laUs] n. a thoroughly repellent per-
son, usually a male. You can be such a
louse! Bart turned out to be a louse, and
his wife of two weeks left him.
louse something uptv. to botch some-
thing up. Please don’t louse the type-
writer ribbon up this time. TJack loused
up my effort to win approval for my plan.
lousy[“laUzi] mod. rotten; poor; bad.
This is a lousy day. This mushy stuff is
lousy. Do I have to eat it?
lousy with someone or somethingmod.
having lots of someone or something.
(Like an infestation of lice.) Old Mr.Lord love a duck!