sus
adjectiveInformal
A American English slang term. Browse all American slang.
What it means
Suspicious; not right. Of people, claims and situations.
In use
That email looks sus, don't click it.
Something about his story is sus.
Where it comes from
A clipping of 'suspicious' long used in British police slang and in AAVE. Its explosion into global teenage vocabulary came from the game Among Us in 2020.