Why do we say something "sucks"
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Originally posted by: aidanjm
Surely to experience a BJ (or oral sex of any sort) is a wonderful, pleasureable experience.
The term "sucks" refers to giving blow jobs, not getting them.
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AC,
What does it mean when someone says something sucks, does it come from the slang for oral sex?
Thanks
Momzdebom
Dear Momzdebom,
The short answer is ?Yes, it does come from the slang for oral sex.? But for anyone who is now embarrassed that they?ve been using this expression without knowing that, don?t worry. The word lost its sexual meaning long ago. Suck came into being around the 1920s and originally meant "give oral sex to men." However, since the 1960s, the primary meaning of You suck! has been "you are inferior."
Obviously, there is a connection ? for all our political correctness, you can still find American high school boys (and others) who call each other gay as the ultimate insult. In my dim memories of the seventies, the people who used You suck! most often were guys looking to get into a fight. Women didn?t use it as much then. In fact, I seem to remember using it myself back in the day and having my mother pull over to the side of the road to lecture me, horrified that such a thing could come out of my innocent mouth.
But things have changed. These days, everyone uses suck to talk about inferiority (well, maybe not my mother.) Here in Boston, for example, it's hard to walk through Harvard Square without hearing about how the weather or the Yankees suck. Though not appropriate in formal situations, it has become acceptable just about everywhere else.
Your pal,
A. C. Kemp
AC,
What does it mean when someone says something sucks, does it come from the slang for oral sex?
Thanks
Momzdebom
Dear Momzdebom,
The short answer is ?Yes, it does come from the slang for oral sex.? But for anyone who is now embarrassed that they?ve been using this expression without knowing that, don?t worry. The word lost its sexual meaning long ago. Suck came into being around the 1920s and originally meant "give oral sex to men." However, since the 1960s, the primary meaning of You suck! has been "you are inferior."
Obviously, there is a connection ? for all our political correctness, you can still find American high school boys (and others) who call each other gay as the ultimate insult. In my dim memories of the seventies, the people who used You suck! most often were guys looking to get into a fight. Women didn?t use it as much then. In fact, I seem to remember using it myself back in the day and having my mother pull over to the side of the road to lecture me, horrified that such a thing could come out of my innocent mouth.
But things have changed. These days, everyone uses suck to talk about inferiority (well, maybe not my mother.) Here in Boston, for example, it's hard to walk through Harvard Square without hearing about how the weather or the Yankees suck. Though not appropriate in formal situations, it has become acceptable just about everywhere else.
Your pal,
A. C. Kemp
A woman who sucks can still suck. It's the blowjob that doesn't suck, so it's sucking that is good, not necessarily the thing that sucks.
Originally posted by: dug777
i just say it cos every other geek on atot says it
I wasn't trying to imply it was bad to say it, just wondering what it means and how it makes sense
Originally posted by: notfred
Originally posted by: aidanjm
Surely to experience a BJ (or oral sex of any sort) is a wonderful, pleasureable experience.
The term "sucks" refers to giving blow jobs, not getting them.
so it's bad to give a blow job, but good to get one?
Siddhartha
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Originally posted by: aidanjm
Surely to experience a BJ (or oral sex of any sort) is a wonderful, pleasureable experience.
Have you noticed how people say "fvck you" to people as if that is a bad thing?
Originally posted by: Wadded Beef
Originally posted by: aidanjm
where is that from?
SNL!!!!
... cork soaker.
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