Among Us, the social deduction game by InnerSloth, turned the shortened word sus into shorthand for a player who might be the Impostor. As the game surged in popularity in 2020, streamers and TikTok creators began using the term in clips, comments and edits, and it quickly spread beyond gaming into everyday slang for anything that seems off. Short audio clips like this one keep the joke portable, letting creators signal suspicion in a second without explaining the reference.