n. 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 speaker's 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.
