"unsuck"

[Ben Zimmer]

On Language Log, I have a post about the word "unsuck," as used by the
website Unsuck It <http://unsuck-it.com/> (which translates corporate jargon
into plain English):

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=3099

Both the "un-" and "suck" components are of interest, but the commenters
mostly want to talk about the history of pejorative "suck" (which we've
discussed many, many times).

--bgz


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