[78-L] Darwin was wrong

[David Lennick]

Michael Biel wrote:
> Taylor Bowie wrote:
>> this latest thing 
>> employs one of the trashiest slang expressions to come along during the last 
>> 40 or 50 years. 
> 
> I can't be sure how you interpret what is being sucked, but the phrase 
> actually evolved from the expression "This sucks lemons."  Now, of 
> course, if you are picturing what sort of things you would like to 
> picture Kelly Clarkson sucking, then it probably is a trashy statement, 
> but I'll stick to her sucking lemons. 

According to this, it could have derived from "sucks hind teat". Or from 
something else entirely.

http://www.slate.com/id/2146866/

>>   
>>> Aba Daba Honeymoon (1914) was high art? dl
> 
> Maybe it was to Darwin! 

Seeing as he died in 1882, that would have been a good trick..

dl