noun
General Slang
the Suck
· noun · military
The Marine Corps. Said with love. Mostly.
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Definitions
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What Marines call the Marine Corps — and only Marines get to call it that. The name says it: it sucks, you signed up for it sucking, and you'd do it again. Used affectionately, bitterly, and everything in between, often in the same sentence.
“Twelve years in the Suck and I still can't sleep past 0500.”
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By extension, any particularly grim deployment, billet, or stretch of duty. The field op that won't end. The barracks with no AC. The ship you've been stuck on for nine months.
“Welcome to the Suck, boot — first field op's always the longest.”
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the Suck In A Sentence
Twelve years in the Suck and I still can't sleep past 0500.
Welcome to the Suck, boot — first field op's always the longest.
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The Suck
People Also Ask
What does "the Suck" mean?
It's a nickname for the Marine Corps, usually said with affection — mostly.
How do you use "the Suck" in a sentence?
"I did four years in the Suck before I got out."
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