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coredog64today at 2:52 PM1 replyview on HN

"sucks" was originally a homophobic pejorative. Languages evolve, sometimes very rapidly.


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ad_fontestoday at 4:25 PM

Not really. The term is a shortened version of "sucks eggs", which is originally from Shakespeare and used to describe an odious creature or habit (a weasel in Shakespeare's case).