loser cruiser
n.— «When a class goes on a field trip, they should take the bus. It might even help us wean ourselves from the recently acquired habit of chauffeuring kids everywhere they ever go. Is it any wonder they grow up to refer to the bus as the Loser Cruiser?» —“Solutions to our road woes” by Kevin Brooker Calgary Herald (Alberta, Canada) Dec. 22, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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