Meaning of permasingle | Babel Free

Definitions

Consistently unsuccessful at courtship; protractedly single.

not-comparable

Examples

“[…] I think he's right because all the nice guys I know are permasingle." Permasingle? Is that like permafrost? "That's what I call anyone who hasn't had a steady girlfriend or boyfriend for years."”

“Of course, I hid my depression extremely well – my unhappiness with my body and my perma-single status only ever came out in public as a self-deprecating joke, and I was good enough at those that people usually laughed instead of frowning […]”

“One of the awkward things about being permasingle is how it makes other people feel bad for you.”

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