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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 89 points 10 months ago

God I've been seeing way too much Gen Z slang that I almost forgot "sussed out" is a real phrase that means actual things.

[-] klemptor@startrek.website 11 points 10 months ago

I'm familiar with the usage here but what does it mean to Gen Z?

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 30 points 10 months ago

"sus" short for "suspicious," often linked to the video game Among Us which became very popular during the pandemic. I'm not sure if that was the origin; the Zoomers seem to like their abbreviations ("rizz" being short for "charisma" is another example) but Among Us definitely popularized it.

[-] inefficient_electron@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Idk about everywhere else, but “sus” or “suss”has been common slang for “suspicious/suspect” in Australia, the UK and New Zealand for at least several decades.

[-] Schmoo@slrpnk.net 10 points 10 months ago

It already existed but the popularity of Among Us globalized it and gave it new wind.

[-] olutukko@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Walt I don't know man, you've been acting kinda sus lately

[-] Leg@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Have you heard the term "sussy baka" before?

[-] klemptor@startrek.website 11 points 10 months ago

Nope! Maybe my one-year-old niece babbled something like that once.

[-] Leg@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

You are very lucky.

[-] PlexSheep@infosec.pub 1 points 10 months ago
[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Among Us shit related to being suspicious.

[-] Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 months ago
[-] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago

Red and white striped is sus.

[-] Leviathan@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

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

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

From the dictionary;

Etymology

Verb

by shortening & alteration from suspect

1930s: abbreviation of suspect, suspicion.

People like you are why I have trust issues.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 10 months 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.

[-] ComradeBunnie@aussie.zone 1 points 10 months 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.

[-] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 5 points 10 months ago

Yea pretty common phrase here in the UK.

[-] Eheran@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago
[-] BenLeMan@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

You should have sussed that out by now...

[-] Liz@midwest.social 3 points 10 months ago
[-] odelik@lemmy.today 1 points 10 months ago

I guess you haven't groked it.

[-] Bosht@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Fucking hell man. That same statement came to me exactly when I read your comment. Glad to know I'm not the only one.

[-] Raab@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago

Nah I've heard that term since I was a child and I'm 28. Not that far back but before Gen Z slang was a thing.

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