Talk:Sus law

Sections 4 and 6
It isn't clear to me whether Sections 4 and 6 are still extant. Certainly the 1824 act hasn't been completely repealed, but some of the stuff thrown upn by google suggested that the Sus bit wasn't used any more. I couldn't establish whether this is because the police are nicer now, or the relevant sections of the 1824 Act were repealed. Penfold 16:23, Apr 19, 2004 (UTC)

it was repealed after the riots, i truely doubt the police are "nicer" now —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.26.101.29 (talk) 15:37, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Meaning of "sus"
It has been suggested that "sus" stands for "suspect under suspicion". The origination of this suggestion is a play called "Sus", apparently later a film, that was variously subtitled as "suspect under suspicion". The latest insertion of this supposed meaning uses a paper published by "Inter-Disciplinary.Net". This paper makes the unsourced claim that "sus" is an acronym for "suspect under suspicion", though also noting that is "also" simply a shortened form of "sus". It is clear that the claim in the paper originates from the subtitle of the play. I do not consider the paper to be a reliable source. For the alternate meaning (that is it simply a shortening of "suspicion") the full Oxford English Dictionary fully supports this, as do other dictionaries, and the full OED provides numerous quotations that use it. In terms of the words in actual usage, I have no doubt that it means and always has meant "suspicion". The phrase is still used by the British police - "sus burglary" means "suspicion of burglary", for example. In the context in which it was first used in colloquial speech, there is no reason for it to have meant "suspect under suspicion". It was used to describe the offence committed. "Suspect under suspicion" would be a description of the person alleged to have committed it, and would not have been used enough to have generated an acronym. In truth, "suspect under suspicion" appears to be a backronym, and not one in common usage. I therefore propose reinstating the previous meaning, sourced to the OED. ninety:one  17:39, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

Sus had always meant "suspicius" This video was made even before the game Amongus was created: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcgrYfCLkWk — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ricardo.Pazos. (talk • contribs) 10:10, 28 February 2022 (UTC)

Well, 10 years later, "sus" just means suspicious thanks to a video game (Among Us). Trying to find out what "sus" referred to in the current era is nearly impossible thanks to its overuse due to the aforementioned game. Anyone who sees this in 10 more years, how's the future like? RandomGamer123 Disc (talk) 01:28, 22 October 2021 (UTC)


 * You can search up "sus" now freely Arandomguy5 (talk) 13:47, 5 December 2022 (UTC)

Regarding frequent vandalism on this page.
Can we please have this article be a protected article for the meantime? I am getting tired of the page being vandalized about "among us". Mrmeme05 (talk) 15:56, 11 March 2021 (UTC)