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sus

Pronunciation: /sʌs/

The English word “sus” has 6 meanings listed here.

noun

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

adjective

  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.

verb

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

interjection

  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.

Etymology

Clipping of suspicion. Compare suss out, suss.

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