# Walloon doesn't say sucks **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 26, 2006, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walloon-doesnt-say-sucks/366144 "2006-07-26T19:56:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walloon-doesnt-say-sucks/366144/1 "2006-07-26T19:56:00Z")
[i.e., Whoop dee freakin’ doo](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=381152). > [@Walloon](#): > > Do people who actually use the word “sucks” read books? When challenged on this nonsensical bit of snobbery, he responds with: > [@](#): > > Think about the origin of the slang word “sucks.” and links to a cite that says the word may originate from fellatio, but may also originate from a reference to a baby’s nursing. He asked me to explain my comment in the thread, so here it is: with your nose that high in the air, I figure you must spend all your time looking at the heavens. Not an all-time winner in the clever retort category, I know, but I wasn’t trying for that. I don’t know what kind of get-offa-my-lawn curmudgeon you are in real life, but on the Internet, you’re behaving like a first-class threadcrapper. Daniel who knows this is lame and minor, but who can’t really post an explanation in Cafe Society ---
**Author:** ![The\_Swan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_Swan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Swan)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walloon-doesnt-say-sucks/366144/2 "2006-07-26T20:03:30Z")
[QUOTE=Left Hand of Dorkness] [i.e., Whoop dee freakin’ doo](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=381152). When challenged on this nonsensical bit of snobbery, he responds with: and links to a cite that says the word may originate from fellatio, but may also originate from a reference to a baby’s nursing. He asked me to explain my comment in the thread, so here it is: with your nose that high in the air, I figure you must spend all your time looking at the heavens. Not an all-time winner in the clever retort category, I know, but I wasn’t trying for that. I don’t know what kind of get-offa-my-lawn curmudgeon you are in real life, but on the Internet, you’re behaving like a first-class threadcrapper. Daniel who knows this is lame and minor, but who can’t really post an explanation in Cafe Society [/QUOTE] I was under the impression that “sucks” derived from the term “sucks eggs” or “sucks the hind teat”, etc. I have no cite. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walloon-doesnt-say-sucks/366144/3 "2006-07-26T20:05:19Z")
[QUOTE=The Swan] I was under the impression that “sucks” derived from the term “sucks eggs” or “sucks the hind teat”, etc. I have no cite. [/QUOTE] I always thought that it had to do with ‘sucking eggs’ myself. Then again, I also thought that **Waloon** was being an elitist prick…just not enough to bother with a Pit thread. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walloon-doesnt-say-sucks/366144/4 "2006-07-26T20:09:57Z")
I always thought it referred to sucking, well you know. Anyway, sometimes the coarser word is the better fit. There are times when you would be better off using “ain’t” than “is not.” ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walloon-doesnt-say-sucks/366144/5 "2006-07-26T20:13:56Z")
I say “sucks”, and I did read a book once. ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walloon-doesnt-say-sucks/366144/6 "2006-07-26T20:23:39Z")
[QUOTE=John Mace] I say “sucks”, and I did read a book once. [/QUOTE] Cite? ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walloon-doesnt-say-sucks/366144/7 "2006-07-26T20:25:07Z")
What is it about reading that gets some people all uppity? Guess what, literacy doesn’t make you a genius. ---
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walloon-doesnt-say-sucks/366144/8 "2006-07-26T20:27:40Z")
[QUOTE=The Swan] I was under the impression that “sucks” derived from the term “sucks eggs” or “sucks the hind teat”, etc. I have no cite. [/QUOTE] a reply to the blog entry **Walloon** linked in the thread **LHOD** linked suggests as much. ---
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walloon-doesnt-say-sucks/366144/9 "2006-07-26T20:30:52Z")
I wonder if **Walloon** refuses to read books with expletives – so as not to offend his delicate sensibilities and all? \*“Do people who actually use the word sucks read books” \* indeed! What a rag. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walloon-doesnt-say-sucks/366144/10 "2006-07-26T20:35:18Z")
This thread sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walloon-doesnt-say-sucks/366144/11 "2006-07-26T20:37:09Z")
Just kidding, **LHoD**! I couldn’t resist! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walloon-doesnt-say-sucks/366144/12 "2006-07-26T20:37:28Z")
[QUOTE=Cheesesteak] What is it about reading that gets some people all uppity? Guess what, literacy doesn’t make you a genius. [/QUOTE] Yeah, there’s something funny and unbelievably pathetic about people patting themselves on the back just for knowing how to read. Congratulations! You, too, have mastered a task that 99% percent of people in this country pass! ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walloon-doesnt-say-sucks/366144/13 "2006-07-26T20:40:31Z")
[QUOTE=Sarahfeena] This thread sucks. [/QUOTE] I wonder if you actually read it? I kid! I kid! The OP’s formatting sucks, I know that for sure. I’m not sure what the origin of “sucks” is. Even if it comes from “sucks crap off Beavis’s bunghole,” though, **Walloon’s** snark is nonsensical. > [@Merijeek](#): > > Then again, I also thought that Waloon was being an elitist prick…just not enough to bother with a Pit thread. Preach it. I wouldn’t’ve bothered either, except that I couldn’t explain myself in Cafe Society. I was a little worried that my initial comment there was over the line–but if it was, I figure his implication that the OP was illiterate was much farther over. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walloon-doesnt-say-sucks/366144/14 "2006-07-26T20:43:18Z")
Thanks, **Skipmagic** , for editing my sucktactic formatitude. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walloon-doesnt-say-sucks/366144/15 "2006-07-26T20:50:07Z")
Sucks probably did originally refer to rotten eggs or pond scum or somesuch, but I’m pretty sure the meaning has evolved, e.g. the synonymous “blows”, or emphasizers such as “hairy gorilla balls”. ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walloon-doesnt-say-sucks/366144/16 "2006-07-26T20:52:52Z")
All kidding aside, I wouldn’t necessarily argue that using the word “sucks” is the best way to express oneself, but I think the vulgarity the older generation (like my parents…in their 70s), associates with it has pretty much been washed out of it. I have not censored that particular word out of my vocabulary at home, as I have done with other worlds (my 2-year-old dropped something a couple months ago and said “oh cwap!” knew it was time to start being a little more careful…) ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walloon-doesnt-say-sucks/366144/17 "2006-07-26T20:52:53Z")
Sucks to your as-mar! ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walloon-doesnt-say-sucks/366144/18 "2006-07-26T21:19:43Z")
Those of us in the intellectual elite know that the correct form is “Verily, that sucketh.” ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walloon-doesnt-say-sucks/366144/19 "2006-07-26T21:27:31Z")
[QUOTE=Cheesesteak] Guess what, literacy doesn’t make you a genius. [/QUOTE] I hear Fox News is using that as their slogan now. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walloon-doesnt-say-sucks/366144/20 "2006-07-26T23:00:31Z")
[QUOTE=Smeghead] Those of us in the intellectual elite know that the correct form is “Verily, that sucketh.” [/QUOTE] Yea, it sucketh mightily, and with great fervor. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walloon-doesnt-say-sucks/366144.md?page=2)