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 6 Whilesucksis a verb form most of the terms that convey similar meaing are adjectives
The primary connotation ofsucksis that the referent whether a person object action or state of being is very bad or awful as in Thatsucks
There are numerous synomyms for awful such as abominable atrocious dreadful terrible unspeakable painful Feb 27 2016 The phrase itsucksfalls into the broad category of maledictory expressions terms of abuse or imprecation. It may also be appropriately categorized as profanity
As originally used it applies the verb suck in its specific meaning of perform fellatio
In its original manifestation the expression s sexual connotation and strong denigration made it inappropriate in all but the most grossly Jun 11 2021 The two words Hesucks could have the same meaning as Hesucksin something as in at doing something but definitely do not have the same meaning as Hesuckssomething in
There s an ambiguity between your question title and the text Jun 9 2015 Possibly the Australian etymology is not mistaken but correct as you mentioned you had never heard it as ___sucksdick
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 It will be more of a sucksfor 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 sucksfor someone and inserting it whole into the sentence to contrast the two possible outcomes 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 Jul 1 2015 Where does the term Thatsucks! and putting man on the end of sentences come from? aw thatsucks man! Thanks! Jan 8 2015 My mom and I say soup like Why are you souping the snot back up your nose? But I realise that this is not accurate
So what s the word? What is a more decent formal alternative for the word suck? I want to use it in the context of being bad at something. To be precise I want to translate To suck less at a job every day to formal 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 6 Whilesucksis a verb form most of the terms that convey similar meaing are adjectives. The primary connotation ofsucksis that the referent whether a person object action or state of being is very bad or awful as in Thatsucks
There are numerous synomyms for awful such as abominable atrocious dreadful terrible unspeakable painful Feb 27 2016 The phrase itsucksfalls into the broad category of maledictory expressions terms of abuse or imprecation. It may also be appropriately categorized as profanity
As originally used it applies the verb suck in its specific meaning of perform fellatio
In its original manifestation the expression s sexual connotation and strong denigration made it inappropriate in all but the most grossly Jun 11 2021 The two words Hesucks could have the same meaning as Hesucksin something as in at doing something but definitely do not have the same meaning as Hesuckssomething in
There s an ambiguity between your question title and the text Jun 9 2015 Possibly the Australian etymology is not mistaken but correct as you mentioned you had never heard it as ___sucksdick
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 It will be more of a sucksfor 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 sucksfor someone and inserting it whole into the sentence to contrast the two possible outcomes 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 Jul 1 2015 Where does the term Thatsucks! and putting man on the end of sentences come from? aw thatsucks man! Thanks! Jan 8 2015 My mom and I say soup like Why are you souping the snot back up your nose? But I realise that this is not accurate
So what s the word? What is a more decent formal alternative for the word suck? I want to use it in the context of being bad at something.