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[quote=Anonymous]I would have been okay with my kids using it like sucking something through a straw, sucking a lollipop, etc. I would not have been okay with the usage ypu described. I prefer your husbands usage of "stinks" (which I see nothing wrong with) over your usage of "sucks". However, if you object to that word, you can forbid it as well and substitute a different phrase: It's awful! Yuck! Bummer! How dreadful! On the other hand, I found this article that defends the term. It says any possible sexual connotations are obsolete. I'm old enough that I still make those connections, but apparently your children's generation won't. https://slate.com/human-interest/2006/08/a-defense-of-the-word-sucks.html[/quote]
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