# First use of "suck" in films?

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**Created:** [September 3, 2016, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-use-of-suck-in-films/764876 "2016-09-03T15:14:07Z")\
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The earliest I’ve heard – and it sticks out in my mind beacuse it _is_ a pretty early use – is in _Billy Jack_ from 1971. There’s a scene in which the characters are facing authority figures and an adolescent girl says “This court sucks!” or something along those lines, but “sucks” is definitely there.

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