# 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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I think Saturday Night Live might have been the first to use the word that way on network television, in its January 22, 1977 episode: [http://snltranscripts.jt.org/76/76lstreisand.phtml](http://snltranscripts.jt.org/76/76lstreisand.phtml) The word got a HUGE laugh from the audience like they couldn’t believe the show got away with it.

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