suck

"I was a baby when I learned to suck
But you have raised it to an art form."
—Barenaked Ladies, "Wind It Up"

Thank you, c_b, for pointing that out.

Good point chained_bear.

You're assuming you know everyone's gender here, trailingedge! :) Also... I won't ask where Lady Macbeth fits in. Maybe I'm androgynous.

"Remember: if the world did not suck, we would all fall off."

--posted in a coworker's cubicle

Interesting. The females associate suck with vacuum cleaners & the guys with oral sex.
But then guys tend to associate most everything with sex including vacuum cleaners.

Not at all, c_b. Lady Macbeth is teh alsome. I can see why she'd stick in your mind.

I am reminded of the comment heard of an ante-tooth baby - "He doesn't bite, but he's got a nasty suck".

Vampires and abortions.

Sometimes, after vacuums, I think of Lady Macbeth.

Is that weird?

No argument here, Asa...

I usually think of oral sex (when I hear the word suck, that is). But sometimes I think of Ross Perot. Which is just disturbing.

Well, I think of oral sex.

C_b, that cartoonist has done a whole series of wordplays like that. *runs off to find more*

I think of something/someone really bad, not good, sub-par, crappy, etc.

How timely. I need to get a new vacuum, and very soon. Maybe I'll look for a SuckMaster 3000.

This conversation reminds me of a certain cartoon... *goes to look for it*

Edit: Here it is.

I used to call my brand-new (now not-so-new) vacuum cleaner the SuckMaster 3000. Boy, does it ever suck.

I think of vacuum cleaners too, actually. I wonder if that's gender-related...?

Me too. My most common use of the word (other than the negative "that sucks") is when talking about my favourite brand of dustbuster, which not only has an amazing battery life but also "plenty of suck".

I think of vacuum cleaners.

Lately it brings to mind 'the Nutsucker', a large machine used by hazelnut farmers to hoover up nuts from under the trees.

"Boy, can this thing really suck nuts! It also picks up twigs and leaves which then have to be removed manually."
- interview with hazelnut farm manager on ABC Radio National, 17 October 2008.

I usually think of the alternative to the theory of gravity.

the first thing that enters one's mind when the word is mentioned is usually oral sex.

I added this to skipvia's free association list (click here) but I think I might be playing wrong... The reason I added it is because I hate sports. "Suck" is the first thing I thought of when I read "baseball cards."