The word “sucks” is apparently not appropriate to use on air at ESPN. At least that’s what an “Important Reminder” memo from a couple of VPs at ESPN said. The memo is posted on JimRomeneski.com.
Reading that memo got me thinking about how often I had used the word “sucks” here at The Western Word (TWW). As the creator and owner of TWW, I try to make it a tasteful blog, and I try to keep the “salty” language to a minimum. All comments are approved by me.
So I did a quick search, and I used the word “sucks” 19 times since this blog started January 2005. Each time I used the slang meaning for suck, “to be repellent or disgusting.”
Today, we can make that 20, so please accept my apologies.
Gallup recently released a poll that shows “Americans’ job approval ratings for Congress in 2013 averaged 14%, the lowest annual average in Gallup’s history.”
In shorter terms, Congress sucks at their job. That’s really the best way to describe it.
Of course, my members of Congress from (insert your state here) don’t suck. It’s the (insert Democrats, Republicans, Progressives, Tea Party) fault.
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