Amogus is a deliberately distorted spelling of Among Us, the social deduction game released by Innersloth in 2018 that exploded in popularity in 2020. In early 2021 the misspelling and simplified crewmate drawings spread as an absurdist meme across Reddit and social media, detached from actual gameplay. Shouted versions of the word became popular as soundboard clips and edit sounds, because yelling the nonsense term with total conviction captures the joke. The clip remains used for sus jokes and ironic reactions.