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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Among Us shit related to being suspicious.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Red and white striped is sus.

[–] Leviathan 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But they mean exactly the same thing and are slang from the same word, no?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

No. Sussed out, means to work something out. Usually implies a certain amount of trial and error, or coming to the realization slowly, depending on the context.

So, "I sussed out how to work the printer".

Sus, in British English didn't really have any meaning until the game came out.

[–] Leviathan 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

From the dictionary;

Etymology

Verb

by shortening & alteration from suspect

1930s: abbreviation of suspect, suspicion.

People like you are why I have trust issues.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Those appear to be examples that were made of recently. That's a pretty bad dictionary cuz it doesn't actually say when the examples are from.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Not sure if you're pulling our legs or really don't know..

We've had the term "suss c*nt" in Aussie English for decades, and British English isn't that far removed.