to find this current vogue for using the term 'suck it up' utterly mysifying?

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It's not very nice, is it?

Context?

I think it has its place sometimes ...

I find it weird and vile

I agree. Twas far more fitting said by my drill instructor in cricuit training

much prefer shit and get off the pan

It is vulgar. I prefer "tough titty".

unclench will suffice.clear and self explanatory

I have used this phrase twice today.

I like it.

...it gives the right mix of instruction and contempt.

Perhaps this simply represents my mood...

No I don't like it either. It sounds awful and like the person saying it couldn't care less about what was bothering you.

What?!

I am a person not a vacuum cleaner!

It sound like the equivalent of "Fuck off, nothing you say or feel matters, I'm the person who is right, get lost"

If my spouse said this to me I would go loopy.

How strange. I had never heard this expression until last night when ds (aged 7) said it to himself. For the last few weeks he has been plagued by a fear of burglars coming in through the attic windows to "get us". We have had lots of nights spent discussing it and rationalising it, I wasn't sure where it would end until last night, he sat in bed and shouted:

Right that's it, I've just got to suck it up and get over this nonsense about burglars.

I thought it made sense actually.

I much prefer Nut Up. More people should try it, it's not that I don't sympathise, it's just that I'm a fan of saying what needs to be said.

How about "jog on"?

A Pricey Kate special, that one.

Why do you think it's vulgar? I think it's quite bracing in a 'don't panic and carry on' kind of way.

It's an Americanism that has been around for a long time and the rough etymology is 'suck in your chest' ie take a deep breath, don't winge and get on with it. Not much vulgar about that is there?

I like it, but then I'm a huge fan of "toughen the fuck up princess".

Too many people want to be wet-nursed.

i don't like it. i also dislike lush and people saying 'i was sat (stood)' etc.

Sil's ex boyfriend is a US Marine, it's a phrase he seemed to use a lot, think it's a military thing?

is he a sockzilla?

hehe I use suck it up all the time. Says everything I want to in just three small words.

And yes it is used for whining not actual distress. It is what my trainer yells at me when I blubber about not being able to lift something a couple more times.

My favourite for DS which pisses him off is "Life is hard, wear a helmet".

I've heard it on Scrubs, and they're just showing series 8 on E4, so maybe that's why it's suddenly in vogue?

Tis one of my favourite sayings, use it all the time on the whining brigade (DD).

Morloth, love "life is hard, wear a helmet"...will add to my repertoire.

I get told 'Man Up, Soldier' quite often - think I prefer suck it up...

I hate all of those 'suck it up', 'end of', 'get over yourself' comments. Do adults really talk to each other like that?