Is this term okay now?

hyacinth003 · ‎03-12-2010

I have posted on this topic before. For me, I asked about using "sucks." I remain uncomfortable with it and will not use it.

I read something today that has me asking another question. There is a local story about a woman who was asked to remove a Chicago Cubs "W" flag from her house. Someone said it looked tacky. Well, the disputes never end with Cubs and White Sox fans!

So there was a follow up story saying that the woman received a box of Cubs items to "****** off" her neighbors. That was the title of the story. This appeared in a local online (but large) publication. "Woman receives box of Cubs gear to ****** of her neighbors."

I don't know who decides, but that's now how I would have worded it. Old fashioned, I guess.

Hyacinth

Ha - the QVC censors censored my term!! That's funny!

happycat · ‎09-18-2010

Guess I am old fashioned too. I wouldn't have worded it that way either.

It kind of seems like people are just trying to push the limits these days. Everything changes, not always for the better I'm afraid.

Pook · ‎03-20-2010

Push the limits??!!! Thank goodness life has become more relaxed. Nothing wrong with either of the terms - it's being realistic!! There were times years ago when merely saying a woman was pregnant was a no! I choose not to live in the past which had so many silly restrictions on what is acceptable!!!!

CalminHeart · ‎03-09-2010

Really, who cares if a word a "current" term or not. Slang and such words are different in different parts of the country. Don't fret about something over which one has zero control. Life is too short.

SUHsE · ‎03-12-2017

To ****** off? Is that what you're saying?

SUHsE · ‎03-12-2017

OK I thought I had made it around the censors😉Silly me!

candys mine · ‎08-20-2012

So, apprently, according to the QVC censors "sucks" is OK.

Laura14 · ‎06-09-2014

I'm with you @hyacinth003.

Maybe it's a sign of getting older but there used to be a nice way to express yourself especially when you are in a professional capacity. It seems lost now in favor of "reality" and sensationalism to grab a reader's attention. Flash, or in some cases, trash over substance.

To me, if you express yourself well and you have something interesting to say, there is no need to play games. A sincere appreciation for your talent and/or quality of whatever you are trying to say or do will organically just be there.

Patriot3 · ‎06-07-2010

@Laura14 wrote:
I'm with you @hyacinth003.

Maybe it's a sign of getting older but there used to be a nice way to express yourself especially when you are in a professional capacity. It seems lost now in favor of "reality" and sensationalism to grab a reader's attention. Flash, or in some cases, trash over substance.

To me, if you express yourself well and you have something interesting to say, there is no need to play games. A sincere appreciation for your talent and/or quality of whatever you are trying to say or do will organically just be there.

You are soooo right!

haddon9 · ‎03-09-2010

I always felt uncomfortable with the term "sucks". I think many just think it means something stinks or is lousy but origianlly it meant fellatio or oral $ex...not really a nice term. I still think of that when I hear it being used.