Meaning of embrace the suck | Babel Free

Definitions

To consciously accept or appreciate something that is extremely unpleasant but unavoidable.

slang

Examples

“So go ahead and embrace the suck⟳ of the first mile or so, you'll be through it soon enough.”

“But I embraced the suck⟳ and shelled out three thousand dollars for something I didn't want⟳ and something that would give⟳ me nothing to show⟳ for.”

“If you can embrace the suck⟳, you can overcome⟳ almost any obstacle or difficulty.”

“"I'm sorry, girl. I don't know⟳ what to say⟳. Just: embrace the suck⟳.” Lorrie Ann understood that this was soldier slang and that it meant something along the lines of “The world is shitty, but we've got to deal⟳ with it.””

“Nancy Pelosi used some colorful language to cajole her fellow House Democrats into accepting the compromise budget deal⟳. As first reported by Politico, she told them to "embrace the suck⟳." ... [W]hen did military types start⟳ talking about embracing the suck⟳? Capt. Benjamin Tupper, who contibuted to Slate 's military blog The Sandbox, remembers first hearing "embrace the suck⟳" in 2001, soon after the U.S. invaded Afghanistan. "The spirits of the American infantrymen were undeterred," Tupper wrote in his book Greetings from Afghanistan. "Their Zen-like approach⟳ was to ' embrace the suck⟳,' a strategy of treating the hardships as friends, not enemies, and driving on."”

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