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SYSK Choice: Why Hidden Fees are “Gotcha” Capitalism & The Origins of Slang

Something You Should Know

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The Origins of Sucks

The original connotation was sexual and that's what made it taboo. When words like cool become so acceptable, doesn't it fall out of the slang Hall of Fame? Well, I remember a time when people didn't say just suck, it was suck this or suck that," he says.

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