suckitude

suck·i·tude
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UK/ˈsʌ.kɪ.tjuːd/UK/ˈsʌ.kɪ.tʃuːd/

noun

The condition, quality, extent, or measure of the degree to which something or someone sucks; suckiness.

OriginEnglish suck ← Middle English souken ← Old English sūcan →
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Meanings

nounsuckitude (uncountable)
  1. slanguncountableThe condition, quality, extent, or measure of the degree to which something or someone sucks; suckiness.

    TAYLOR McBride let the suckitude of that word hang in the air until his agent nodded. “On ice?” Once more the disdainful tone.

    2011, Nancy Warren, Face-Off, page 149
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    To anyone outside of the precious inner sanctum that includes you, your spouse, the kid's grandparents and some of the tiny dimwit's classmates—your kid sucks so bad he or she is a living breathing vacuum of suckitude.

    2008, Dr. Denis Leary, Why We Suck

    Oh, I'm sure Obama intended to do the right thing when he started off, but the Three Principles of Eternal Democratic Suckitude tend to defeat all comers, [...]

    2010, Amanda Marcotte, Get Opinionated

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*sūkaną
  2. Proto-West Germanic*sūkan
  3. Old Englishsūcan
  4. Middle Englishsouken
  5. Englishsuck
  6. Englishsuckitude

From suck + -itude, by analogy with words such as altitude, gratitude, etc.

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APA

suckitude. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suckitude

MLA

“suckitude.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suckitude. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “suckitude,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suckitude.

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