Glossary entry (derived from question below)
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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English term
sir-sucks-a-lot
English
Art/Literary
Call me sir-sucks-a-lot
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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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Comment: "yes, suck is a common word, but the whole expression was a mystery to me..
thanks:)"
4 mins
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
Decirme, llamarme, señor suena petulante
Referirse a mi como "señor" es odioso.
Saludos,
Glo
10 mins
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.
Someone let me know if I am on target with this.
40 mins
...Me ofende que me llamen señor / sir...
Well, everybody here seems to be right.
Vulgar Slang. To be disgustingly disagreeable or offensive
Vulgar Slang. To be disgustingly disagreeable or offensive
16 hrs
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.
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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