What does "suckerdom" means?

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In the context like this "Should life be as our parents knew it, with priority given to the secure job, steady progress and stability? Or is that suckerDom in these faster, more ambitious times?"

What does suckerdom means in these sentence

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[nq:1]In the context like this "Should life be as our parents knew it, with priority given to the secure job, steady progress and stability? Or is that suckerDom in these faster, more ambitious times?" What does suckerdom means in these sentence[/nq]
This is a nonce word so you must ask the person
who wrote or said it.
The suffix -dom distinguishes kingdom, dukedom,
earldom etc., thus suggests a territory ruled by
the prefix. In parallel, suckerdom might be a
realm ruled by a sucker or (likelier?) the land
of the suckers (folkloric Gotham or Cockaigne.)

Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

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[nq:1]In the context like this "Should life be as our parents knew it, with priority given to the secure job, steady progress and stability? Or is that suckerDom in these faster, more ambitious times?" What does suckerdom means in these sentence[/nq]
The question is asked, as young people often ask, if they are suckers to do what their parents have done. Which is to say, they wonder if they should make a killing in (name your idea of easy money) "in these faster, more ambitions times" or should they take a steady job, make steady advancement and be stable (presumably like their parents) who the young people think may live in suckerdom a land ruled by suckers, apparently.

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On 5 Jul 2006 00:41:14 -0700, the renowned "Puma"
[nq:1]In the context like this "Should life be as our parents knew it, with priority given to the secure job, steady progress and stability? Or is that suckerDom in these faster, more ambitious times?" What does suckerdom means in these sentence[/nq]
"Suckerdom" is the state of being a sucker (or a group of people together who are all suckers, but that's not the meaning in this context). A "sucker" is slang for a person who is easily convinced to take actions that are not in his or her self-interest. It's a made-up word, but not a really original one it garners 1,360 Google hits. "Dorkdom" earns 25,000+ hits.
Compare "stardom" (the state of being a star) and "officialdom" (a group of people who are all officials).
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[nq:1]In the context like this "Should life be as our parents knew it, with priority given to the secure job, steady progress and stability? Or is that suckerDom in these faster, more ambitious times?" What does suckerdom means in these sentence[/nq]
"Suckerdom" is used here to mean the state of being a sucker (a person who is easily deceived). You could replace it in the sentence with "being a sucker".

Tony Cooper
Orlando, FL

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[nq:1]In the context like this "Should life be as our parents knew it, with priority given to the secure job, steady progress and stability? Or is that suckerDom in these faster, more ambitious times?" What does suckerdom means in these sentence[/nq]
The same as 'Christendom".

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[nq:1]In the context like this "Should life be as our parents knew it, with priority given to the secure job, steady progress and stability? Or is that suckerDom in these faster, more ambitious times?" What does suckerdom means in these sentence[/nq]
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