• @Leviathan
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    226 days ago

    But they mean exactly the same thing and are slang from the same word, no?

    • Echo Dot
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      26 days ago

      No. Sussed out, means to work something out. Usually implies a certain amount of trial and error, or coming to the realization slowly, depending on the context.

      So, “I sussed out how to work the printer”.

      Sus, in British English didn’t really have any meaning until the game came out.

      • @Leviathan
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        526 days ago

        From the dictionary;

        Etymology

        Verb

        by shortening & alteration from suspect

        1930s: abbreviation of suspect, suspicion.

        People like you are why I have trust issues.

        • Echo Dot
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          225 days ago

          Those appear to be examples that were made of recently. That’s a pretty bad dictionary cuz it doesn’t actually say when the examples are from.

          • @Leviathan
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            026 days ago

            I never argued the definition, I argued the etymology. That they are slang for the same word. They are both shortened versions of the same word.

            Whatever other made-up argument you thought we were having is irrelevant, either you didn’t understand and you should admit it or you moved the goal post which is sad.

            I bet you’ll double down, though. You seem like that kind of guy.

      • Lemmington Bunnie
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        124 days ago

        Not sure if you’re pulling our legs or really don’t know…

        We’ve had the term “suss c*nt” in Aussie English for decades, and British English isn’t that far removed.