About 62% of teenagers use the word "sus" to call out questionable behavior ... along with their Urban Dictionary defintion. Some slang is more acceptable than others to parents.

Misuse a slang word and you'll reveal yourself as an outsider, says Cooper. According to Sylvia Johnson, head of methodology at Preply, some kids say "sus" to indicate anything that feels "cringe ...

But "sus" as we know it wasn't imported by English tourists. Like most American slang, it was popularized by Black communities. Unlike some of the more confusing recent slang words (seriously ...

"Some of these words will amuse or inspire ... to throw especially with force and without regard for the thing being thrown. sus: slang for suspicious, suspect. cringe: so embarrassing, awkward ...

Definitions included range from sus, bussin, no cap ... children can be a little more complicated to understand. Some of these words have very little meaning at all, and it can be difficult ...

Even to those familiar with the words, the addition of them to the dictionary adds some interesting context and research that frequent users might not be aware of. “Sus” was first documented ...

“My pumpkin spice latte tasted sus, so I yeeted it across the room.” Merriam-Webster says its criteria for adding words is their sustained and widespread use. Some of the latest terms are ...

"Some of these words will amuse or inspire, others may provoke debate. Our job is to capture the language as it is used," says Peter Sokolowski, editor at large for Merriam-Webster in a statement.

The new feature, “Alexa, talk Gen Z to me,” breaks down — with definitions and examples — 20 popular Z-isms like “mid,” “sus” and ... s an unexplained word that’s been ...

Some of these words have very little meaning at all, and it can be difficult to trace their background. Some teenagers use the word skibiddi in many contexts where no one definition fits the word ...