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[–] echodot 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

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@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

From the dictionary;

Etymology

Verb

by shortening & alteration from suspect

1930s: abbreviation of suspect, suspicion.

People like you are why I have trust issues.

[–] echodot 2 points 6 months 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.

[–] ComradeBunnie@aussie.zone 1 points 6 months 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.