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It was the No. 1 slang word used by teens in 2023, according to a survey of more than 600 parents by the language learning platform Preply. In the survey, 62% of parents said "sus" is the most ...
Plus, find out where the slang term, 'sus', came from and why people started using it. Related: 20 Emojis Gen Z Can’t Get Enough Of—and Exactly What They Mean "Sus" Meaning in Slang.
sus Short term for suspect/suspicious. Popularized in 2018 by players of the online video game Among Us and received mainstream usage with the game's explosion in popularity in mid-2020 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. [160] According to Merriam-Webster, the term has been in use among English speakers since at least the 1960s. [161] sussy baka
The new feature, “Alexa, talk Gen Z to me,” breaks down — with definitions and examples — 20 popular Z-isms like “mid,” “sus” and “hot girl summer,” The Mirror reported.
Sus (meme), an Internet meme and shortened form of "suspicious", spoofing the video game Among Us Spirit of St. Louis Airport in St. Louis, Missouri, United States Susu , a language spoken in Guinea and Sierra Leone
[citation needed] Sus itself can be used as an interjection before a sentence invoking a surprising or annoying thing, such as in, Sus! Ano bang problema mo?, which translates in English meaning "Jesus! What's your problem?". [37] However, the American English sense of suspicious, became more spread out in the sense of this slang term.
The Preply survey shows 3 in 4 parents admit to using slang terms that are popular with teens. The most popular terms among parents are sus, salty and bet. Show comments
Other slang terms as well as internet memes popularized and inspired by Among Us include "sussy" and "sussy baka" (derived from "sus"), [131] "when the imposter is sus" (a meme based on Among Us, usually alongside an edited photo of streamer Jerma985), [132] and "amogus" (a satiric misspelling of "Among Us").