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Losedows
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English
Etymology
en lose Windows, as a punning antonym from en win.
Proper noun
en computing slang dysphemism The Microsoft Windows operating system.
en 28 April 1992 Liam R. E. Quin lee@sq.sq.com 16150@sq.sq.com Re: comp.unix.windows.* comp.windows.news https://groups.google.com/g/comp.windows.news/c/HSl6gOdEENA/m/F0_NR-war8kJ https://web.archive.org/web/20260507135439/https://groups.google.com/g/comp.windows.news/c/HSl6gOdEENA/m/F0_NR-war8kJ 7 May 2026 Google Groups But, as you point out, you don't have to use it. If it helps anyone at all, or keeps a single MS/Losedows article out of the NeWSgroup, it's done its job!
See also
en Winblows Windoze Windross
en Microsoft Nicknames