Between us I don’t know, I didn’t invent the word, but it’s certainly been responsible for its explosion in popularity over the past few years, so it shouldn’t be too surprising to see “sus” finally made itto the game show Risk.
In tonight’s episode, the contestants were prompted to “Slang SuggestionsI’m for someone you don’t think is what they seem, especially if they can be an impostor in the game ‘Between Us'”.
Mattea nailed it:
As I said, Between us did not invent the word. Its recorded history goes back almost a century, when it is used in the UK as “police jargon”. To say someone is “sus” is simply… shortened to “doubt”, the same meaning used today (and in the game).
Although the word has some troubling connotations — it is used in connection with certain actions of stopping and seeking Police search law in the UK turned out to be very racist — it’s been in constant use ever since, along with its brother, “say something,” which I still hear. found in Australia. anytime.
OOf course my dad and his friends’ use of the word wouldn’t explain its wider acceptance by internet culture, otherwise we would all say “you’ve got your chance”. Buckley”, or when you fall off something you’ve “to a mutilated person”. The use of “sus” popular in the past 20 years instead come from its acceptance by black communities online:
Since Sus predates the Internet, there are no records of its first online use. But multiple archival sources say that black Internet communities initially started using slang on forums and social networking sites.
The earliest definition of the Urban Dictionary was posted in August 2003 by a user named Diego, who defined the term simply as, “Acronym for ‘suspect’ or suspicious. ‘” Since then, sus has become a more widely used American phrase describing anything that makes someone raise an eyebrow.
Now this will be the part of the blog where I want you to suggest the next word “gamer” that will appear on the show, but we will all die of shame. write and/or read them, so maybe we’ll pass.
