bucket of suck
n.— «The new Eclipse is a big bucket of suck. Run for the hills. No More AWD, no more Turbo. It’s basically a differently styled Galant.» —“Re: New Mitsubishi?” by Keith Casey Usenet: rec.autos.driving Aug. 11, 1999. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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Ah! My bad then, eh…but, what is a ‘pat phrase’, ‘scuse my Nenglish?
I guess this neologism –if it is one– is a turn-of-phrase and nothing else. It stems from the all-known ‘bucket of rust’ used to describe an old, looked-down on car or ride.
Ya dig?
You’re wrong. It’s a pat phrase that exists outside of reference to automobiles. A simple web and Usenet search will confirm that.