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fivezero Jan 13, 2004

the usage of the word SUCKS is inappropriate to begin with. poor taste. implies oral sex. not cool.

yodasucka Jan 13, 2004

I honestly HATE it when people say that.. my mom says that to me all the time, I'm sorry but when I say that someone/thing sucks, the farthest thing from my mind is oral sex... just because it CAN ...

fivezero fivezeroOG 2003

sucka is short for sucker. to call someone a sucker, in slang, means that they are easily taken, or like a suckling child in logical deduction. thats the gist. so, no. yodaSUCKA is not offensive. but when people nowadays say something sucks, whether they realize it or not, they are refering to the vulgar slang. http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=sucks

iwz iwz

i don't trust dictionaries to tell me what the common usage of a word really means

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dgiaimoOG 2003

Yeah. Usage is everything. If a word no longer has a certain connotation to the general public then it no longer has that connotation.

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