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BTHEY DEADASS NAMED Horsha THIS PLACE ersfield West Sussex Washington SUS SEX rth nor A

When the Sex is Sus MERCIA EAST ANGLIA DYFED SUSSEX? GWEN WESSEY KNT SUSSEX DUMNONIA NORTHU DA POWYS

Sussex Sussex, from the Old English Sūpsēaxe, is a historic county in South East England and was formerly an independent medieval kingdom. Wikipedia Chapman code: SSX

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About

Sus Sex is a play on the English county name "Sussex" that separates it into the words "sus," meaning "suspicious" (popularized by Among Us), and "sex." Memes intentionally separating the name started to become widespread in late 2020 in shitposts including image macros teasing Sussex for its name, similar to the MFs Really Named This series of memes.

Origin

On December 27th, 2020, Redditor manlethamlet posted a meme to /r/okbuddyretard^[1] consisting of a screenshot from the Sussex, England Wikipedia page showing a map of Sussex captioned "WTF SEX IS SUS??" gaining over 415 upvotes in just under a year (shown below). This is the earliest known meme separating the word "Sussex" into "sus sex."

Sussex W-- Flag of Sussex Sussex within the United Kingdom SEX IS SUS??

Spread

The joke spread over the course of 2021 as people created similar memes separating the name and expressing ironic shock over it. On January 3rd, 2021, Instagram^[2] user yourlordandsaviormonke posted a map of Sussex captioned "WTF SEX IS SUS," gaining over 7,500 likes in 11 months (shown below).

WTE Shropshire, Norfolk Herefordshire Warwickshire NNorthamptonshire Suffolk Gloucestershire Essex Hertfordshir Berkshire Greater London Somerest Surrey Devon Maidstone Hampshire SEX IS SUS Dorchester Sussex Isle o Cambridgeshire Viltshire

On April 18th, Instagram^[3] user non_haeretici_coalition posted a map with the caption "sus sex? You mean like Bill Cosby?" referencing the Bill Cosby rape allegations, gaining over 1,500 likes in seven months (shown below).

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External References

^[1] Reddit – okbr

^[2] Instagram – sus sex monke

^[3] Instagram – bill cosby

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