What are the different terms for someone who has problems cutting ones losses?
Like for example the medical term for not ending a bad personal relationship. Also continuing a business venture that is losing money. Any other terms, official or slang, are welcome.
Humor welcome.
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Glutton for punishment. Self-destructive. Doormat.
Don’t quit while you’re behind. Persistant. Terrier. Pit Bull. Dog with a bone.
Faecal Encephalopathy – shit for brains.
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Throwing good money after bad. Sunk cost fallacy. Escalation of commitment. Knee deep in the big muddy (Vietnam War).
What are the different terms for someone who has problems cutting ones losses?
The first that came to mind was not being able to let go.
sucker, loser, idiot, disillusionment, short bus rider, a mark,
I personally like @bkcunningham‘s shit for brains
In spanish, un bobo
Obsessive, unhealthily attached, denial, codependeny, martyrdom, masochism. lol
Grudgeholders. Tenacious. If at first you don’t succeed, try try again.
It’s a double edged sword.
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