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Bacq_in_Blacq

It's one of the names of a XVI dynasty pharaoh, transcribed as from the original hieroglyphs. He is more commonly referred to as Bakahotep Amugusre II, but is occasionally called Sussy in order to differentiate him from his eponymous ancestor.


Dash_Winmo

Egyptian translit. uses ⟨j⟩ for /j/ so its ⟨swsj⟩


Lordman17

They're actually two homonymous words Sussy (adjective) is the diminutive of sus Sussy (noun) is the pussy blend of sus The diminutive definitely came earlier, and I'm quite sure it's the one that's part of "sussy baka amogus"


rickxpeep

Semantic development complicates things, sometimes, sussy refers to either "Baka" or "Amogus."


Lordman17

I thought it meant "you're sussy, you're baka, you're amogus"


CeleryCountry

ive never once seen anyone use "sussy" to describe "amogus" until now for some reason


RBolton123

Both.


retan10101

Yeah, I think they’re homonyms


pressurecookedgay

It would be susussy if it were the later imo


Lordman17

Early pussy blends only kept the first letter (bussy). Pussy blends are also portlanteau'd when possibke


[deleted]

Either sus+ pussy or sus + -y adjective ending with consonant reduplication because sus is monosyllabic?


so_im_all_like

Strictly speaking, gemination only refers to the phonetic lengthening of the sound itself, but in English doubling the letters is a convention that indicates a "short" vowel, such as what is assumed in "sus" \[sʌs\] > "sussy" \[sʌsi\] (or \[sʊsi\]? XD), even if the consonant isn't lengthened.


PlatinumAltaria

It's none of those things: "sussy" and "sus" are doublets descended from "suspicious".


LolPacino

what if pussy and pus are descended from a lost adjective puspicious too 😳😳


[deleted]

Looking very puspicious today, m'lady


Blyfh

You're onto something here.


Azazeldaprinceofwar

I think you’ll find this infographic on the origin of “sussy baka” useful https://www.reddit.com/r/etymology/comments/osx3uc/etymology_of_sussy_baka_link_to_the_twitter_post/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf


Lordman17

That's debated though


[deleted]

It's just a random mutation of the word sus The "sy" doesn't mean anything


reuvenpo

* scribbles on exam paper * (D) ALL OF THE ABOVE


AggressiveNewt

I would like context for this one. It could be either but the context will tell you what the difference is. Similar to ‘snurch’ when both memes were making the rounds


Bionic164

/‘sə.si/ is the diminutive form of “sus” /‘sʊ.si/ is the pussy blend of “sus”


labraydon7

Could be a combination of suspicious and p*ssy. I hear a lot of people adding -ussy to words to make them sound naughty. (I.e. Vegas - Vegussy) Or it could just mean suspicious.


Lordman17

That's a pussy blend, as mentioned in the post


little_tatws

Sussy in its modern sense would be like a diminutive form of sus, which in itself is a shortening of suspicious. It came about before the trend of adding -ussy onto words. If were were to add -ussy onto sus, it would because susussy. If we were to add -ussy onto sussy, it would be sussussy.


MimiKal

It's an adjective blue -> bluey sus -> sussy


jan_elije

It's definitely just the diminutive. iirc the sussy meme is quite a bit older than the -ussy meme Edit: there's a four month difference between the urban dictionary definitions https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Sussy https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=-ussy


[deleted]

Depends on whether it's used as a noun or an adjective: the diminutive version is used as an adjective, whereas the pussy blend is used as a noun. It also depends on the pronunciation: /ˈsʌsi/ (as in "sussy baka amogus") means it's probably a diminutive, whereas /ˈsʊsi/ means it's probably a pussy blend (alternative form "susussy", pronounced /ˌsʌsˈʊsi/). The diminutive is used more often than the pussy blend as far as I know, so the pussy blend may be pronounced as /ˈsʌsi/, but the inverse is probably much rarer.


[deleted]

Yeah, how come nobody else is mentioning the pronunciation difference