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suckitude en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsʌ.kɪ.tʃuːd/ yod-coalescence
  • /ˈsʌ.kɪ.tjuːd/ (General-American)
  • /ˈsʌ.kɪ.tjuːd/ without the yod-coalescence
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *sūkaną Proto-West Germanic *sūkan Old English sūcan Middle English souken English suck Proto-Indo-European *-tu- Proto-Indo-European *-d- Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Italic *-tūdō Latin -tūdō Middle French -itudebor. English -itude English suckitude From suck + -itude, by analogy with words such as altitude, gratitude, etc.

Meanings

  1. (slang, uncountable) The condition, quality, extent, or measure of the degree to which something or someone sucks; suckiness.
    • Oh, I'm sure Obama intended to do the right thing when he started off, but the Three Principles of Eternal Democratic Suckitude tend to defeat all comers, [...] 2010, Amanda Marcotte, Get Opinionated:
    • To anyone outside of the precious inner sanctum that includes you, your spouse, the kid's grandparents and some of the tiny dimwit's classmates—your kid sucks so bad he or she is a living breathing vacuum of suckitude. 2008, Dr. Denis Leary, Why We Suck:
    • TAYLOR McBride let the suckitude of that word hang in the air until his agent nodded. “On ice?” Once more the disdainful tone. 2011, Nancy Warren, Face-Off, page 149:

Deriveds

suckitudinal