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title: "sus · GenZ Decoded"
description: "sus: Suspicious or shady; not to be trusted. Example: \"He keeps changing his story, that's kinda sus.\" Meaning, Gen Z usage, and related slang."
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# sus

Gen Z[#bad](https://genzdecoded.com/slang-for/criticism/)

**Meaning.** Suspicious or shady; not to be trusted.

See it in a sentence

He keeps changing his story, that's kinda sus.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z · this one

    sus,[sketchy](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/sketchy/)

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial

    No word for this one yet.

- Gen X

    No word for this one yet.

- Boomer

    No word for this one yet.

- Plain English

    suspicious or shady

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## Related slang

- [small dick energy](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/small-dick-energy/): An air of insecure, try-hard overcompensation and bravado.
- [square up](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/square-up/): A challenge to fight, now mostly said as a joke over something small.
- [sybau](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/sybau/): An aggressive online initialism used to tell someone to be quiet or stop talking. It stands for a rude phrase that cleanly means 'shut up'. Usually hostile toward strangers, though friends fire it back and forth as teasing when it comes with laughing emojis. A running joke claims it means 'stay young, beautiful, and unique', which is a cover story, not the real meaning.
- [talk to the hand](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/talk-to-the-hand/): A dismissive refusal to listen, often with a raised palm gesture.

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