sussing
- 1Present participle of suss.
He's sussing out whether the deal is worth taking.
The detectives are still sussing out the suspect's motive.
Note
A participle at home in British, Australian and New Zealand speech, where it means working something out or sizing someone up, usually followed by out: sussing out a motive, sussing out a deal. An older police use, arresting someone for suspicious behavior, is now obsolete. The same spelling also serves the social-media slang verb, because sus doubles its final s before -ing, so the context decides which one you are reading.
- 2Present participle and gerund of sus.
X has been sussing accounts that share the leaked footage, sometimes within minutes of the first post.
Users accused the moderators of sussing critics while leaving spam bots untouched.
Note
Internet slang for suspending an account, almost always on Twitter/X. Its object is an account or a user, and its subject is usually the platform or its moderators: X sussing accounts, moderators sussing critics. Keep it to online talk about platforms. Elsewhere a reader will likely hear the "figure out" verb instead, and nothing in the spelling will tell them otherwise.
sussing is a form of sus
sus, verb: To suspend a user's account on social media, especially Twitter or X, blocking further access. Full entry
- Spelling
- sus → sussing: double the s, add -ing
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