Losel kelimesi, İngilizce'de "değersiz veya aşağılık kimse", "işe yaramaz kimse", "kaybeden" gibi anlamlara gelir. Örnek cümleler: "Come on, you losel," he said to Spatchcock, "you privy calligrapher, you. You can carry his bottles. I'll carry him" "Tehlu told her that Deborah spent time in many different men's beds, and Losel drank every day of the week, even on Mourning"