adj. American English slang from 1843, seeing its peak in the mid-1940's; currently, it is more commonly heard in New England states.
To be abundant in something.
Downtown was lousy with tourists during spring break.
"well, you could see he really felt pretty lousy about flunking me" (salinger 12)
A small amount that's made much of.
Come on, man, just a lousy 2 dollars is all I ask!
For white people it means a blowjob
For black people it means a cigarette
So if I give you 20 dollars, you'll give me a lousy?
Sup nigga, can I bum a lousy off you?
Someone who fulfills some but not all of the criteria of being a hipster. He/she either differs from hipsters in at least one important way, or inconsistently exhibits hipster-like characteristics.
Nich claims that he's a lousy hipster, but I haven't seen him eat meat in at least two years. He's totally gone vegetarian.