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sus.

Suspicion (in terms of a sus law).

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/sʌs//sʊs/Northern-England
  1. Suspicion (in terms of a sus law).

    UK · informal · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Clipping of suspicion. Compare suss out, suss.

adj/sʌs//sʊs/Northern-England
  1. Suspicious; having suspicions or questions.

  2. Suspicious; raising or causing people to have suspicions.

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

    humorous · often
    That guy is always acting sus with the boys—are you sure he's not gay?
Where this word comes from

Clipping of suspicious.

verb/sʌs//sʊs/Northern-England
  1. To suspend an account on social media (almost exclusively Twitter/X).

    Internet · transitive
    yeah, the account posting offensive stuff got sussed.
Where this word comes from

Clipping of suspend.

intj/sʌs//sʊs/Northern-England
  1. 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.

    Internet · humorous · nonce-word
adj/sʌs//sʊs/Northern-England
  1. Abbreviation of suspended.

    abbreviation · alt-of · not-comparable
Where this word comes from

Clipping of suspended.

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