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win-lose bargaining

The result of a possible win-win scenario in which the clear beneficiary of the win-win scenario fails to keep their end of the bargain, resulting later into a win-lose scenario.

Commonly found with people who fail to transition a informal verbal agreement to a formal written agreement, backstabbers, double-cross someone, or dealing with someone with a "do nothin', get everythin'" mentality.
1.) When Paul failed to wash the dishes all week after his father let him go to a party the previous week, his father realized that he was a victim of win-lose bargaining.

2.) Mike had been involved with some win-lose bargaining when he and Ken agreed to split the bill only for Ken to leave without notice, leaving Mike to pay for the large meal.

3.) When someone agrees to give another head after they themselves have been given head, but then leaves, the giver of head is on the losing side of the win-lose bargaining.
by lastray February 23, 2011
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Losing Friends Suck

losing a friend is like losing a piece of you, its like your heart is being ripped out of you, and you feel lost.
man I just lost my bsfs of 5 years.
im sorry losing friends suck.
by urlocalginger October 30, 2021
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Lose my pills

If my kid gets out of bed one more time, I’m going to lose my pills.
by Fofoxsake February 1, 2021
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What happens when your losing air

So if youve been a good boy, when you start losing air yeah, the angels come down from the heavens and tickle your balls, but if youve been a bad boy they come down and give you a vagina.
so on tuesday i got my balls tickled by an angel What happens when your losing air
by i love mi balls tickled June 4, 2021
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losing the tv remote

the worst thing that could ever happen to you

it is when you drop a tv remote, lose a phone other stuff and when you stop looking, it falls back to you because god and mother nature decides to shit on you
"crap i hate losing the tv remote"
by nintendugh sexy foah February 5, 2025
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lose

get rid of (an undesirable person or thing).
cause (someone) to be unable to follow an argument or explanation.
"lose that creep!"
"sorry, Tim, you've lost me there"
by Arminkshipper May 3, 2025
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Can’t win for losing

When you voluntarily lose (to make someone feel better, to end an argument), and then the situation gets even worse. So, what you thought you would gain by losing on purpose is lost anyway.

It’s a colloquial equivalent to paving the road to hell with good intentions.

(A lot of people writing their definitions for this are trying to make logic out of the phrasing but weren’t around when this phrase was more popular, leading to incorrect definitions.)
I let my spouse win the argument to calm down the situation, and now I’m getting criticized for not sticking up for myself. I can’t win for losing!
by Jemie Weino October 8, 2022
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