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Sassed vs Sussed - What's the difference?

sassed | sussed |

As verbs the difference between sassed and sussed

is that sassed is (sass) while sussed is (suss).

As an adjective sussed is

(slang) sorted]], organised; [[figure out|figured out, understood.

sassed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (sass)

    • sass

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (US) sarcasm, backtalk, cheek.
  • *
    • “Say — if you give me much more of your sass I’ll take and bounce a rock off’n your head.”
  • *
    • “Looky here — mind how you talk to me; I’m a-standing about all I can stand now — so don’t gimme no sass .”

    Derived terms

    * sassy

    Verb

    (es)
  • (US) To talk, to talk back.
  • *
    • “The duke he begun to abuse him for an old fool, and the king begun to sass back, and the minute they was fairly at it I lit out and shook the reefs out of my hind legs, and spun down the river road like a deer, for I see our chance; and I made up my mind that it would be a long day before they ever see me and Jim again.”
  • *
    • “But, good land! what did he want to sass back for? You see, it couldn’t do him no good, and it was just nuts for them.”

    sussed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (suss)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (slang) Sorted]], organised; [[figure out, figured out, understood.
  • * 2005 , Daniel C. Bristow, Halcyon Nights , page 57,
    • Chippenham's hardly the romantic capitol of the world m?boy, but I see exactly what you?re saying, though I think you?ve got it more sussed than all us.
  • * 2011 , Henry Sutton, Get Me Out of Here , page 78,
    • ‘You mean you were still on dial-up?’ He laughed. ‘For someone who does what you do, I can?t believe you?re not more sussed .’
  • (slang) Well-informed; in the know, savvy.
  • * 1981 , Muff Andersson, Music in the Mix: The story of South African Popular Music , page 53,
    • Patric?s one of the most sussed beings in the industry, but the schizophrenia that comes from being unable to reconcile a love of music with a desire to make lots of bucks seems to have affected everyone.
  • * 1999 , Jane C. Stokes, Anna Reading, The media in Britain: current debates and developments , (page 215),
    • for example J-17 ?s February issue carried an informative quiz, ‘Are you sussed about sex?’
  • * 2000 , Daniel O?Brien, SF:UK: How British Science Fiction Changed the World , unidentified page,
    • Their replacement came in the form of Liz Shaw (Caroline John), a rather more sussed female ‘companion’ than most of her predecessors.
  • * 2003 , , page 508,
    • “But he didn?t, he just got lucky. When you?re lucky like that, though, people start to look up to you ... They reckon you?re more sussed than others.”
  • * 2006 , Stephen Simm, Miss Kwa Kwa , page 191,
    • She certainly seemed a lot more sussed than Martie remembered her.

    Synonyms

    * * (well-informed) savvy, switched on

    Related terms

    * suss out