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sus

adjectiveInformal

A American English slang term. Browse all American slang.

What it means

  1. 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.