Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

sir-sucks-a-lot

English answer:

A play on words - Sir Lancelot

Added to glossary by Kim Metzger
Jun 13, 2002 00:28
21 yrs ago
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MamaG Feb 10, 2023:
I thought of this ancient thread right away when I saw a tweet by an angry Catalan separatist referring to "[El] Cid Capullador"!
https://mobile.twitter.com/emteniu/status/109501275703916953...

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A play on Sir Lancelot

The vulgar English verb "to suck" means to be very bad at something. A translator who "sucks" isn't a very good translator. I would understand your phrase, call me sir-sucks-a-lot to mean that someone doesn't think very much of him or herself. Sometimes when I make a big mistake, I feel like kicking myself, and I might say to myself "call me sir-sucks-a-lot.
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agree athena22 : Perfect explanation!
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Hi Athena!
agree Yuri Geifman
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "yes, suck is a common word, but the whole expression was a mystery to me.. thanks:)"
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Decirme "señor" suena petulante

Me imagino que es una persona a la que le dicen "señor" y el responde:
Decirme, llamarme, señor suena petulante
Referirse a mi como "señor" es odioso.

Saludos,
Glo
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sir-sucks-a-lot

About all you really need to know is that this term is derogatory. There is probably a hint of irony in it, depending upon the rest of the story it is in reference to. "sucks" normally is synonomous with "bad", "lousy", "terrible", but of course it can also relate to a vacuum of air. "sucks-a-lot" would thus mean "very bad", "very lousy" or "really terrible". This would be an ironic name for a vacuum cleaner -- something that is supposed to literally suck but yet is not a good product for some reason or another.
Someone let me know if I am on target with this.
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...Me ofende que me llamen señor / sir...

Well, everybody here seems to be right.

Vulgar Slang. To be disgustingly disagreeable or offensive
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Pun on Sir Mix-A-Lot

There was a rap artist a few years back who called himself Sir Mix-A-Lot. His name was of course a pun on Sir Lancelot.

Given that your phrases comes from a very youth and pop culture oriented context, the inspriration may come from the contemporary world of rap rather than the old world of chivalrous myth.
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