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[–] 113 points 2 years ago (7 children)

I reject "sus" being zoomer exclusive. Among Us has been a huge hit for 5 years now, was popular across demographics, and made an appearance in Glass Onion, which is the boomeriest Millennial movie ever.

The rest of it, sure, go off fam.

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    I agree, but for a different reason. I had an Aussie friend that said "sus" all the time on IRC, and that was in the 00's, so it well predates Among Us.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago*

    Ok, maybe suss is Australian. I was surprised to see it listed with "on cap" because I've heard suss being said all my life by a wide range of people, but I did grow up in Australia.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I have appropriated “sus” and “yeet” and sometimes “gucci”…I think those don’t even come from the same gens of slang, but they feel right in a sentence. Especially yeet.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Sus is literally part of the Australian vernacular and was in use when I was a kid.

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/what-does-sus-mean

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Thank you! I thought I was going mad because I distinctly remember saying "sus" when I was in highschool in the early 2000s. It was definitely used both as "go sus it out" but also "don't sus us miss" was something we said all the time when a teacher tried to catch students smoking behind the portables.

    So it sort of just feels like Gen Z expanded the definition.

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