try-hard
n.— «Everyone loves a winner. Ever heard that adage? It should read: everyone loves a trier, but it doesn’t, and being called a try-hard is now a derogatory term.» —“Our addiction feeds cheats” by Richard Freedman Fox Sports (Australia) July 30, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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