NewSpeak -- Suckage
Suckage - That which make a person, place or thing suck (in the colloquial sense).
Examples: “The boss is suckage” or "This meeting is suckage." Meaning that the boss or the current meeting is part of what makes that workplace suck.
“Her attitude is pure suckage.” Her attitude is part of what makes her suck as a person.
Examples: “The boss is suckage” or "This meeting is suckage." Meaning that the boss or the current meeting is part of what makes that workplace suck.
“Her attitude is pure suckage.” Her attitude is part of what makes her suck as a person.
But seriously, this is how words come into our language, aside from us blatantly stealing them. We make them up and if enough people 1) understand them, and 2) find that they are useful in expressing a thought with a certain degree of emotional impact, we have a new addition to the dictionary.
The greater majority of new words are entering our language from "below stairs" (or the gutter). Technical phrases or words are shoe-horned in from the sides, but usually do not last very long in common usage which is A-Okay with me.
But simple easy to remember words that can be spat out are words with long lives. The word f**k for instance. Probably the first word that Adam said after he took that first bite of the Forbidden Fruit. The word is short, easy to pronounce (as most one-syllable words are), and it has an immediate between-the-eyes impact on the listener.
I fear that "suckage", while being somewhat descriptive, does not have that staying power. *sigh* Poor little thing. :(
;)
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