English Explanatory Dictionary

amogus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A crewmate or impostor character from the video game Among Us.
name
  1. Among Us, a 2018 social deduction game developed by Innersloth.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of amogus (“a crewmate or impostor character from the video game Among Us”).

Pronunciation

/əˈməʊɡəs/ /əˈmɒɡəs/ /əˈmoʊɡəs/ /əˈmɑɡəs/ /aˈmɔɡus/

Word forms

amogus amoguses amogi amongus

Etymology

Etymology tree 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 Corruption of Among Us, the name of a 2018 social deduction game developed by Innersloth. Popularized by memes around January 2021, in which a StoneToss comic is edited to say "amogus" in a humorous non sequitur.

Related words

Amogus impostor sus sussy baka ඞ
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