permasingle

English

Etymology

From perma- +‎ single.

Adjective

permasingle (not comparable)

1. Consistently unsuccessful at courtship; protractedly single.
   • 2000, Philip Greenspun, Travels with Samantha, page 125:

     […] 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."

   • 2012, Anne H. Putnam, Navel Gazing: One Woman's Quest for a Size Normal:

     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 […]

   • 2017, Kendra Fortmeyer, Hole in the Middle:

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

Hyponyms

• incel