Is "suck-up" a dirty term?

[Fedorgasm]

Some people say "kiss-ass" or "ass-kisser" which is pretty sell explanatory.

Some people say brown-nose which is pretty disgusting if you think about it.

But what about suck-up? Like "Stop being such a suck-up." Or "He's always sucking up to the boss."

What is the implication there? Are you suggesting that someone is sucking a penis?

Like I've never thought about that being a dirty term before. In fact I say it work all the time, and I work at a place where you gotta walk on egg shells lest you get HR up your ass.

Have I inadvertently being telling people they suck dick?

 

[Get To Da Choppa]

Only if you're sucking up by sucking off

 

[Slapjit]

It is and also very patriarchal smdh

 

[Kung Fu Kowboy]

 

[Sir Elzio Dennick]

Kinda depends on your enviornment, over at grannies with her old buddies sewing, ya might wanna cool....suck up.

At the pool hall,,..............

Wouldn;t wanna hear my 12 year old............suck it up dad.

 

[TankAbbott4Eva]

Some people say "kiss-ass" or "ass-kisser" which is pretty sell explanatory.

Some people say brown-nose which is pretty disgusting if you think about it.

But what about suck-up? Like "Stop being such a suck-up." Or "He's always sucking up to the boss."

What is the implication there? Are you suggesting that someone is sucking a penis?

Like I've never thought about that being a dirty term before. In fact I say it work all the time, and I work at a place where you gotta walk on egg shells lest you get HR up your ass.

Have I inadvertently being telling people they suck dick?

You've put this in the right section bro

 

[Jack Reacheround]

It definitely doesn’t imply you’re sucking dick. If it did, our parents never would have let us say it when we were kids.

 

[Fedorgasm]

It definitely doesn’t imply you’re sucking dick. If it did, our parents never would have let us say it when we were kids.

Then what does it mean literally?

A kiss ass kisses someone's ass

A brown noser gets his nose so far up sometimes ass they get shit on it.

A suck up sucks on what?

 

[Thy]

No, i use it to make people feel good about themselves and have pride. ...

 

[GSP_37]

Never put two and two together, but logically it must refer to sucking the dick to climb the ladder. What else would be sucked?

 

[AFanNotAFighter]

And then there's Teacher's Pet. I'll leave it to y'all to define that one.

 

[Natural Order]

Degeneration X was telling the world to suck it and nobody batted an eye!

 

[ricc505]

I've never thought of "suck up" having any sexual connotations. "Brown nose" could be sexual if you want too.

 

[Kassitus]

Everyone says brownnoser, never realized the poopy origins.

 

[Jack Reacheround]

Then what does it mean literally?

A kiss ass kisses someone's ass

A brown noser gets his nose so far up sometimes ass they get shit on it.

A suck up sucks on what?

I think it just means you’re clinging onto them us in the suction provided by your mouth, or something similar.

Idk. Try etymology.com or something.

 

[shunyata]

Then what does it mean literally?

A kiss ass kisses someone's ass

A brown noser gets his nose so far up sometimes ass they get shit on it.

A suck up sucks on what?

The teat.

I always thought it was a reference to a baby sucking up to the teat like a puppy or a calf.

The connotation being that they are weak and need those resources from others to survive.

Unless you're sucking ass, and then that's on you.

 

[Jesus X]

I think the term should be suck-in. Bootlicker is more kinky.