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Why do we say that things we don't like "suck?"

^.^.  Boo!

Posted - February 22, 2019
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  • 3523
    Chris Farley GIF - Chris Farley ManThatSucks GIFs
      February 22, 2019 9:08 PM MST
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  • 17592
    It just works.
      February 22, 2019 9:56 PM MST
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  • 13395
    The product or situation is starving for improvement so bad that 'it sucks'.
      February 22, 2019 10:39 PM MST
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  • 14795
    Because most people don't like or hate Vacuuming ,it's and endless job that everyone is drawn to doing often in their lives :(.   :) .  
      February 23, 2019 2:32 AM MST
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  • That's great!  :)

      February 23, 2019 7:01 AM MST
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  • 14795
    :) ....For me.....Vacuuming is a pushover and I can't help but wander while I do it....   :( 

    I was never maid for doing things that suck,although there are many Muggers that would strongly disagree.....:( This post was edited by Nice Jugs at September 14, 2019 4:27 PM MDT
      February 23, 2019 10:38 AM MST
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  • I don't know ... but the same meanings apply when we say something "blows" ... lol!
      February 23, 2019 7:02 AM MST
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  • 7280
    From Urban Dictionary

    The early Jazz musicians would say that a guy could really "Blow" if he had a good sound when playing the horn. If he couldn't play very well then they would say that he was "Sucking" on that horn. That's where the term "Suck" as being something bad came from.
    He plays that horn so poorly that he must be sucking on it.

    He doesn't blow, he sucks.

    (Makes sense anyway.)
      February 23, 2019 1:30 PM MST
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  • 23574
    I don't think I ever knew that. It does make sense.
    Now that I think about it, it does seem somewhat familiar to me --  like I had heard it before.
      September 13, 2019 7:01 PM MDT
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  • 604
    hmmm.. always wondered about that word used as being a negative.......if someONE sucks, they give great head, no? 
    but a vacuum cleaner sucks, and picks up dirt, etc., so why is that a BAD thing?

    makes no sense to me........

    BUT being a jazz fan, I liked the old story about the musician who really did 'suck' his instrument..........

    and that leads to .............well I better stop while I"m ahead! 

    LOL


    :-D

    :)
      July 5, 2019 8:58 AM MDT
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  • 7280
    lol---so are you a contortionist or just very, very, happy about (and blessed by) your genetics?.
      September 16, 2019 3:59 PM MDT
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