permasingle

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adjective

Consistently unsuccessful at courtship; protractedly single.

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Meanings

adjectivepermasingle (not comparable)
  1. not comparableConsistently unsuccessful at courtship; protractedly single.

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

    2017, Kendra Fortmeyer, Hole in the Middle
    2 more examples

    […] 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."

    2000, Philip Greenspun, Travels with Samantha, page 125

    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 […]

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

Origin

From perma- + single.

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APA

permasingle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/permasingle

MLA

“permasingle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/permasingle. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “permasingle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/permasingle.

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