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Catchword for “bucket of suck”
Catchword: bucket of suck
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Part of Speech: n.
Quotation: The new Eclipse is a big bucket of suck. Run for the hills. No More AWD, no more Turbo. It’s basically a differently styled Galant.
Article or Document Title:
“Re: New Mitsubishi?” (URL)
Author:
“Keith Casey”
(This author is either a pseudonym or is not clearly named in the original source.)
Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
Usenet: rec.autos.driving
Date of Publication:
Aug. 11, 1999
This catchword has yet to be researched.
Posted 3 May 06 | Permalink | Tell a Friend
Comments:

I guess this neologism --if it is one-- is a turn-of-phrase and nothing else. It stems from the all-known ‘bucket of rust’ used to describe an old, looked-down on car or ride.
Ya dig?


by hytham hammer 21 May 06, 1250 GMT
You’re wrong. It’s a pat phrase that exists outside of reference to automobiles. A simple web and Usenet search will confirm that.
by Grant Barrett 21 May 06, 1259 GMT
Ah! My bad then, eh…but, what is a ‘pat phrase’, ‘scuse my Nenglish?
by hytham hammer 21 May 06, 0109 GMT

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