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SUS means "Suspicious."

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SUS is a slang word used widely, both offline and online (especially in the online game Among Us), to mean "suspicious." SUS is typically used to refer to someone or something that seems dishonest, untrustworthy, or fake. For example:

• Toni: Did you have a look at that camera on Amazon.
• Jo: Yeah, not sure though. A lot of the reviews are very SUS.

• Ali: My parents will be away all weekend. We will have the house to ourselves.
• Jo: It's not like them to trust you like that. Where are they are going? It seems a bit SUS to me.

In the popular online game Among Us (in which players have to find a killer in their midst), SUS is used as an abbreviation of suspicious, to call out players believed to be the killer (or "impostor").

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When I write SUS, I mean this:

"Suspicious"

Summary of Key Points

We have summarized the key points in the table below:

SUS
Definition:	Suspicious
Type:	Word (Slang)
Guessability:	1: Easy to guess
Typical Users:	Adults and Teenagers

An Academic Look at SUS

SUS is a contraction of the word suspicious. Some contractions, like SUS, use letters of the fully expanded word in sequence. Other contractions, like Dr, use letters from the start and end of the fully expanded version. Contractions can also be formed by replacing a letter or letters with an apostrophe (e.g., can't).

What Did We Say before Texting and Social Media?

The use of SUS to mean suspicious long pre-dates the digital era.

Example of SUS Used in a Text

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