Sore Loserman

proper noun

Nickname for Al Gore and Joe Lieberman, the 2000 U.S. Democratic presidential nominees for president and vice-president, respectively.

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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Sore-Loserman · alternative Sore/Loserman

  1. UShistoricalgovernmentNickname for Al Gore and Joe Lieberman, the 2000 U.S. Democratic presidential nominees for president and vice-president, respectively.

    I think the Sore Loserman campaign has gone the way of the dimpled chad.

    2000 December 1, Moe Bulduc, “A matter of higher authority”, in Sun Journal

Origin

Blend of Gore/Lieberman + sore loser, from the idea that the two men were "sore losers" who did not want to admit that George W. Bush won the election in 2000.

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Sore Loserman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sore%20Loserman

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“Sore Loserman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sore%20Loserman. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sore Loserman,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sore%20Loserman.

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