Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗name
Among Us, a 2018 social deduction game developed by Innersloth.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAlternative letter-case form of amogus (“a crewmate or impostor character from the video game Among Us”).
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-der. Proto-Germanic *an Proto-West Germanic *ana Old English on Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Germanic *ga- Proto-West Germanic *ga- Old English ġe- Old English mang Old English ġemang Old English onġemang Old English amang Middle English among English among Proto-Indo-European *n̥smé Proto-Germanic *uns Old English ūs Middle English us English us English Amogus A corruption of the game's name. Popularized by memes around January 2021, in which a StoneToss comic is edited to say "amogus" in a humorous non sequitur.
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