permasingle en · ADJ
Etymology
From perma- + single.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Consistently unsuccessful at courtship; protractedly single.
[…] 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: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: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: