total no-life
- noun
- Offensive
:
persona sin vida social
- Everyone else was at the party while I just stayed home like a total no-life.
Examples
-
She called herself a total no-life because she never went out with friends.
-
After staying inside playing games all summer, he felt like a total no-life.
-
He is a complete total no-life who never goes out.
-
Why do you call her a total no-life?
-
After spending the entire weekend at home with no plans, I felt like a total no-life.
-
When everyone was out enjoying the festival, I stayed in and felt like a total no-life.
-
He referred to himself as a total no-life since he never joined any clubs or social events.
Synonyms
79
4.2
A person who prefers to be alone and avoids spending time with others
22
7.8
A person who lives alone and avoids other people
8
5.5
A person who likes to stay at home rather than go out
7
9.6
A person who spends most of their time alone and has little social life
1
7.2
A person who lives alone and avoids the company of others
A person who spends most time online and has little social life
A person with no friends who others jokingly call lonely
A person who lives alone and avoids meeting other people
A person who chooses to live alone away from other people
Antonyms
How Social
29
6.7
- US
1
3.8
- Offensive
22
7.8
79
4.2
4
5.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
total + no-life
The meaning is directly built from 'total' (complete) plus 'no-life' (literally 'no' + 'life' implying a person without a life/social activities), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can infer 'a person with no social life or engaging activities'. Although informal/slang, the negative+noun composition and the intensifier 'total' make the overall sense transparent and predictable.
Etymology
The phrase total no-life gives a clear picture: someone with no social life, sitting alone with nothing going on. So it refers to 'a person who has no social life or things to do'.