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Fun:Sucker
“”One born every minute.
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—Attributed to P.T. Barnum... He never actually said that. |
“”Never give a sucker an even break.
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—W. C. Fields... He actually said that. |
“”The sucker isn't a mammoth, the sucker won't go extinct.
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—S. Mavrodi... He confirmed saying that |
"Sucker" is a term used to refer to lollipops, a sasal shoot in botany, a fish in the family Catostomidae,
or a part of a cephalopod limb
in anatomy. The term also refers to a gullible person, or a person who can, without batting an eyelash, swallow a load of bullshit whole. Suckers' most significant function in the world is to form a base of support for numerous quacks, cranks, and/or politicians.
Not to be confused with a sucker punch.