offensive language - Cleaner alternative for sucks. - English . . . 6 While sucks is a verb form, most of the terms that convey similar meaing are adjectives The primary connotation of sucks is that the referent, whether a person, object, action or state of being, is very bad or awful (as in That sucks) There are numerous synomyms for awful, such as abominable atrocious dreadful terrible unspeakable painful
What is the origin of sucker and it sucks? etymonline has for suck: O E sucan, from PIE root sug- suk- of imitative origin Meaning “do fellatio” is first recorded 1928 Slang sense of “be contemptible” first attested 1971 (the underlying notion is of fellatio) and sucker: “young mammal before it is weaned”, late 14c , agent noun from suck Slang meaning “person who is easily deceived” is first attested 1836, in
Where is it relevant to use the word sucks and where is it not? When not describing a mechanical process of some sort ("The device sucks up the fluid and expels it through the nozzle") the word "sucks" is, at best, "informal", as it alludes to a (what some regard as perverted) sex act In general, the stand-alone statement "It sucks!" is referring to this allusion and is therefore "impolite"
Does This blows! (its bad) derive from This sucks!? The origin of blow = suck, be bad unpleasant recently came up in comments to this ELL question I'd always assumed it was a standard slang "meaning reversal" from suck But a few minutes on Google
Is the phrase he sucks in something. . . offensive in UK? And . . . - slang The two words "He sucks" could have the same meaning as "He sucks in something" (as in "at doing something"), but definitely do not have the same meaning as "He sucks something in" There's an ambiguity between your question title and the text
Is the term you suck always considered slang? [closed] Possibly the Australian etymology is not mistaken, but correct, as you mentioned you had never heard it as "___ sucks dick" I first encountered the term "sucks" in high school as part of the full phrase and it's sexual, misogynistic and homophobic intent was explicit +1 for your contribution
slang - Does this vulgar expression necessarily imply a certain body . . . On the other hand, suck on is often used for very different activities: one sucks on a lollipop, a baby sucks on a dummy What the activities that are typically described as sucking on something have in common is that they are relatively protracted
It will be more of a sucks for him . . . It will be more of a "sucks for him" (situation) if I win, and less of a "let-down for us all" (situation) if I fail So it is using the more familiar " that (situation) sucks for (someone) ", and inserting it whole into the sentence to contrast the two possible outcomes
What is the origin of go suck an egg? - English Language Usage . . . I'd have thought the transition from the original "grandma" idiom was pretty transparent To the extent that "Go suck an egg!" has currency (minimal, imho), it doesn't so much mean physically go away It's more like "Get away!" or "Fuck off!" when used to reject the implications of a preceding utterance - more like I don't believe you, or I'm not interested in whatever you're talking about