2006-08-16 05:22:12 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I can not believe what I hear. And it is so spread...
2006-08-16 05:29:18 · update #1
Besides, gilrs use this expression too. How to explain anatomically?
2006-08-16 05:30:10 · update #2
Webster's Dictionary
sucks, slang to be objectionable or inadequate.
Slang
"It sucks" means "It is not good. "You suck" means that "you" are not good. Source
Etymology
suck, Old English sucan, corresponding to Latine sugere "to suck." It's of imitative origin. Meaning "do fellatio" is first recorded 1928. Slang sense of "be contemptible" first attested 1971 (the underlying notion is of fellatio). Source
Note from Casiopea: For those who know the origin of "sucks" (i.e., that is stems from the act of fellatio, notably women who did the act), the use of slang "sucks" is objectionable because its meaning houses a history); however, for those who do not know its origin, "sucks" is not considered objectionable. :wink: Note also, using "sucks" to refer to a person can be taken two ways: 1) The teacher sucks (S/he is a boring/a bad teacher) or 2) The teacher sucks (S/he performs a contemptible act--look to its origin). :wink:
Humour
When Electroluux first marketed their vacuum cleaners in the U.S., their slogan was, "Nothing sucks like an Electrolux!" Apparently, the Swedish-speaking people who created that slogan didn't know that in American slang, "suck" also means "to be bad".
2006-08-16 05:37:24 · answer #1 · answered by quatt47 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sucks Definition
2016-10-05 12:28:07 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am from the Uk and we dont say it here. But language is always changing and is full of corruptions and influences. No one can control it and thats beautiful. In 500 years (if we are still aroound then) English will be quite different in all the different Englsih speaking countries. Plus the international English as the world English. Personally I think English English is the best. But then I would wouldnt I?
2006-08-16 05:30:12 · answer #3 · answered by John B 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually that was a large concern of Darwin's. It's a good thing that we've found a TON of transitional fossils since the publication of that book as well as discovered Genetics which 100% backs up his theory.
2016-03-16 22:57:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
suck
O.E. sucan, from PIE root *sug-/*suk- of imitative origin (cf. O.S., O.H.G. sugan, O.N. suga, M.Du. sughen, Du. zuigen, Ger. saugen "to suck;" L. sugere "to suck," succus "juice, sap;" O.Ir. sugim, Welsh sugno "to suck"). Meaning "do fellatio" is first recorded 1928. Slang sense of "be contemptible" first attested 1971 (the underlying notion is of fellatio). Suck eggs is from 1906. Suck hind tit "be inferior" is Amer.Eng. slang first recorded 1940.
2006-08-16 05:29:59 · answer #5 · answered by erin7 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe it has something to do with sucking a certain piece of male anatomy.
2006-08-16 05:27:07 · answer #6 · answered by braslinbabe85 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It has to do with fellatio. Get it guys? Not always a pleasant experience, lol.
2006-08-16 05:28:06 · answer #7 · answered by Nani 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
because it's free country and we do what we want with the language that no one understans anyway!
2006-08-16 05:26:21 · answer #8 · answered by num1accent01 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋