Sore Losers...Are you one?
By Jshean20
@Jshean20 (14348)
Canada
December 16, 2006 11:11pm CST
I'm not sure if the term "sore loser" is used all over the world or not, so to start off I will define what a sore loser is. A sore loser can be defined as someone who complains that the game itself was unfair, how the other team wasn't playing fair or to go as far as to actually make up stuff about the winner just to make yourself feel better.
Having said this, would you say that you are or have ever been a sore loser? Do sore losers bother you? Do you know many of them? What do you think makes a person turn into such a sore loser in the first place?
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14 responses
@mytwo_daughters (2663)
• United States
17 Dec 06
No I am not a sore loser. But I've been on championship teams. So we won all the time. HOwever, there were times, that I didn't think the refs did their jobs, or umpires, and we didn't necessarily loose. I would have liked to have thought I was a good sportsman, but I don't know.
@rmuxagirl (7548)
• United States
26 Dec 06
I am a gracious loser. Sore losers do bother me I mean it's just a game and we should be happy someone else won. I mean we would want them to be happy we won and not think we cheated or something like that right?
@remaster74 (4064)
• Greece
26 Dec 06
If someone is a sore loser, why play a game on the first place? Just to wait for that game that he/she will win? Not fair to the other player.
@cloud_kicker_32 (4635)
• United States
17 Dec 06
I used to be..growing up because my mom and dad are the sorest losers ou will ever meet in your life and i was learning it from them..Then I had Skylar and i saw him acting like that from what he has seen..soo i changed my happy bum around and hes a great sport now..its amzing what we learn from our parents..and ya know they are still like that and theer like in theer late 50's!! lol
@margieanneart (26423)
• United States
18 Dec 06
I am not one personally, but I have come across a lot of people that are sore loosers. I think that they have a complex or low esteme of themselves, to make them behave like that.
@Lydia1901 (16351)
• United States
18 Dec 06
I don't know sore losers around here, thankfully and I'm not one myself.
@phdmoneymaker (2297)
• Singapore
17 Dec 06
im not sure whether im one, but i will be in bad mood if i lost in something, well, i just got to try harder next time.. =D
@enchantedemerald (454)
• United States
27 Dec 06
No, I'm not a sore loser but I have known someone who is a very bad sore loser. My niece used to date a guy who played in a basketball team and when they lost he got in a violent mood over the lost to the other team. Once when we were playing a board game he got really angry because she won the game. This behavior came from his own father which is sad. His behavior and violence caused my niece and him to break up. Nobody wants to be around a sore loser.
@bluishrose (2289)
• Philippines
31 Jul 07
Before and sometimes im a sore loser hehehe. Sometimes when i know im good at it that's when the time i become one. Also when its obvious that im cheated and the game was unfair. But right now im trying not to be one. I should learn to accept and one is not always a winner.
@mormy73 (22)
• Malaysia
4 Jun 07
This one definition that you wrote :
"As someone who complains that the itself was unfair", I think that depends if they complained about how the game was judged and if they can prove it or that there was mistakes or a mistake, they have every right to complain.
And am I one sore loser?
In competition, I don't like to lose but in a friendly or just for fun losing does'nt matter to me.
