Among Us generation
/əˈmʌŋ ʌs ˌdʒɛnəˈreɪʃən/
CommonThe cohort of kids and young teens whose formative internet years were defined by the Among Us meme explosion of 2020.
Often nostalgic or ironic. People use it to bond over a shared formative meme era. Can also describe someone who defaults to 'sus' as a reflex.
| # | Example | What it means | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | My coworker said 'that's kinda sus' in a meeting and I felt a deep Among Us generation bond with him. | Recognizing shared formative internet culture through a reflex use of 2020 slang. | x, 2024 |
| 02 | The Among Us generation is aging into the workforce and 'sus' is never leaving the English language now. | 2020 meme vocabulary has become permanent because the people who used it are now adults. | tiktok, 2024 |
| 03 | Showing my little brother Among Us memes from 2020. He doesn't get it. Among Us generation is over. | The reference has faded enough that younger kids do not share the same cultural memory. | reddit, 2023 |
| 04 | We were all just sitting at home voting each other out of the spaceship. The Among Us generation peaked in quarantine. | Nostalgically connecting the game's peak to the lockdown context that made it explode. | x, 2022 |
Use it when
- Referencing 2020 internet culture and the Among Us era.
- Someone reflexively calls something 'sus' without thinking about it.
- Describing the shared cultural memory of people who were online during the pandemic lockdowns.
Do not use it when
- You are talking about people who never played or followed Among Us.
- You mean current Among Us players specifically.
Among Us generation vs Fortnite dance era
Among Us generation
Among Us generation is defined by a specific meme moment and vocabulary (sus, impostor) in 2020.
fortnite-dance
The Fortnite era was defined by a game that shaped physical behavior and dance moves starting 2018.
Origin and context
Among Us was released in 2018 but exploded in popularity during the COVID-19 lockdowns of 2020, when streamers and online communities made it the dominant game and meme format globally. The cultural peak lasted roughly through 2021 before fading.
- First seen
- 2020
- Confidence
- high
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