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   Yohan Yukiya Sese Cuneta 사요한🦣 (youronlyone@c.im)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Dec-2024 03:59:46 JST Yohan Yukiya Sese Cuneta 사요한🦣

   I'm seeing "sus" used a lot these days but I' m not sure if it means the same way it means in #Filipino .

   In Filipino, it's an expression that has existed since the 20th C. It can mean, "dismiss" (an idea/object), "meh", or "frustration". We pronounce it literally as /sus/ (/숫/) (/ᜐᜓᜐ᜔/). It originated from the expression "susmaryosep" which is the shortened form of "Hesus Marya Yosep" (Jesus Mary Joseph).

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     Space Catitude 🚀 (terryhancock@realsocial.life)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Dec-2024 09:30:20 JST Space Catitude 🚀

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     The recent usage is a contraction of "suspicious", with basically the same meaning. Not sure how old that is, but I don't think I'd heard it 20 years ago in the USA.

     There's also "suss", which I understand is a British expression for coming to understand something or figuring something out. That usage goes back to the 1980s or earlier (I just know it from TV, it's not really US usage).

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     Yohan Yukiya Sese Cuneta 사요한🦣 (youronlyone@c.im)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Dec-2024 09:32:27 JST Yohan Yukiya Sese Cuneta 사요한🦣

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     @TerryHancock Ooh! A British expression too and different. In a way, I can relate to the British expression "suss". It's like saying, "silly me, it was that simple".

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     royal (royal@theres.life)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Dec-2024 09:32:55 JST royal

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     @youronlyone The first time I heard "sus" was in connection with the game Among Us. "I suspect" a certain character. I also hear it used to express dismissal due to suspicion.

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     Yohan Yukiya Sese Cuneta 사요한🦣 (youronlyone@c.im)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Dec-2024 09:39:46 JST Yohan Yukiya Sese Cuneta 사요한🦣

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     @royal It's amazing. I mean, the concept of Among Us, if I understood it correctly (I haven't played it 😅), was similar to classic offline games and board games, like Cluedo, yet we didn't shorten it to "sus". 😅 I mean, we din't say "you're sus, I think you're the murderer", yet we did say something like, "bbl, I'll buy a drink" or "gtg, bye".

     Among Us really did leave an imprint in cultures and languages.

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     Wulfy—Speaker to the machines (n_dimension@infosec.exchange)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Dec-2024 17:00:40 JST Wulfy—Speaker to the machines

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     @royal @youronlyone "Sus" is well embedded in #Australian English for decades.

     "Mate, I recon that chook was a bit sus, I've been to the dunny three times so far"