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Sus

name
/sʌs/

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian سوس (sus), alternative form of شوش (šuš), from Middle Persian 𐭮𐭥𐭱𐭩 (sūš), from Old Persian 𐏂𐎢𐏁𐎠 (çūšā), from Elamite 𒀸𒋗𒊺𒂗 (šušen). Doublet of Susa and Shush.

  1. derived from 𒀸𒋗𒊺𒂗
  2. derived from 𐏂𐎢𐏁𐎠
  3. derived from 𐭮𐭥𐭱𐭩
  4. borrowed from سوس

Definitions

  1. Synonym of Shush (“city in Khuzestan, Iran”).

  2. Suspicion (in terms of a sus law).

    • The committee […] said ‘sus’ had acquired a symbolic significance out of all proportion to its significance as a criminal charge.

  3. Suspicious

    Suspicious; having suspicions or questions.

    • Even my lame psychic ability told me he'd be pretty sus if he found me pissing on in the lounge room on a week night.
    • Everyone had been a bit sus about Mrs Jones and Lana Vilenskaya, so it wasn't surprising that Mrs Jones stood to speak.
    • I'm still really sus about those crocs we found in the drains.
  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. Acting in a borderline sexually inappropriate way, causing others to "suspect" them of…

      Acting in a borderline sexually inappropriate way, causing others to "suspect" them of being sexually attracted to someone and trying to hide it.

      • That guy is always acting sus with the boys—are you sure he's not gay?
      • I was acting sus with my friend turns out he's gay I don't think he was joking
      • Maybe I’m a sus hetero bro who's been subtly abusive and deserves to be blocked out entirely.

    2. Abbreviation of suspended.

    3. To suspend an account on social media (almost exclusively Twitter/X).

      • yeah, the account posting offensive stuff got sussed.

    4. A nonsense word commonly used in YouTube Poop by playing an audio clip forward and in…

      A nonsense word commonly used in YouTube Poop by playing an audio clip forward and in reverse consecutively; said in reference to this editing style, and to describe palindromes and humorously symmetrized images.

      • You better fuf, and then you better broob, 'cause if you don't broob, you're nothing but a nothing, and then the nothing becomes a nothing, and then your nothing is a joj, and then your nothing is sus […]

    5. Abbreviation of sport utility sedan (“an AWD sedan with increased ground clearance and…

      Abbreviation of sport utility sedan (“an AWD sedan with increased ground clearance and fatter knobbier tires”).

    6. plural of SU

    7. Alternative letter-case form of sus.

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Derived

sussy

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Sus. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA