Lookin' kinda dumb with his finger and his thumb...

My five year old asked me today, "What is a loser?" Wondering where he'd heard it from, (because how could such a detrimental word be spoken in my home?) I tried to think of a good explanation knowing full well it either came from my 14 year old or SpongeBob. Because he's into cars I explain that two cars are in a race and one is speedracer. Speedracer goes faster than the other car and crosses the finish line first, therefore the other car is the "loser". No....not what he wanted to hear. What is a LOSER? You know like when someone says You're a loser! Okay, well, it's when a really mean kid hates your guts for whatever reason and basically tells you that you suck as a person by calling you a loser, meaning you are not a winner, meaning we think you are extremely un-cool. And how do you put that into words for a five year old? I didn't. I said, "Here honey, is a cookie fresh out of the package, let me turn on PBS kids for you and when your brother gets home he's grounded."