"permasingle" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From perma- + single. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|perma|single}} perma- + single Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} permasingle (not comparable)
  1. Consistently unsuccessful at courtship; protractedly single. Tags: not-comparable Hyponyms: incel
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          "ref": "2000, Philip Greenspun, Travels with Samantha, page 125:",
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