Word and phrase origins...

[ErosArtist]

This thread is born out of a short conversation between myself and SMC regarding the origins of words and phrases commonly used in the English language today inside of the 'User Titles' thread. Actually, the beginnings aren't that academic. Here's how it really started:

Originally Posted by hegirllvr

And speaking of semantics, and the fact the phrase 'that sucks' or 'it sucks' implies something to be a negative thing or action. How did that come to be? Personally, I like the verb in all it's variety: I suck, you suck, he sucks, she sucks, and so on. How can that possibly be bad?

So...let's discuss.