amogus

English

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.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈməʊɡəs/, IPA^(key): /əˈmɒɡəs/
(General American) IPA^(key): /əˈmoʊɡəs/, IPA^(key): /əˈmɑɡəs/
Rhymes: -əʊɡəs
Rhymes: -ɒɡəs

Noun

amogus (countable and uncountable, plural amoguses or amogi)

(Internet slang) A crewmate or impostor character from the video game Among Us.
- 2021 December 15, “Santa Letters”, in The Cadiz Record, volume 138, number 50, page S5:
  Can I get a^[sic] ipad,^[sic] and pillow that looks like Amogus and a Baby Alive. Love, Kyleigh […] For Christmas, I would like an Among Us plushy^[sic] because I love Among Us. […] Love, Jaxton
- 2022 April 13, Jamie Dunkin, “You can't escape 'Among Us' memes, even in 'LEGO Star Wars'”, in We Got This Covered‎^[1]:
  While the peak of Among Us memes has been comfortably left in 2021, there are still dark remnants of the past remaining in pop culture today. One has to look no further than a surprise "amogus" in LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga.
- 2022 October 17, Austin Wood, “Among Us is now the best worst art tool, and the devs say it's "absolutely inspired"”, in GamesRadar+‎^[2]:
  We reached out to Innersloth to hear the devs' thoughts on the popular amogus art template. Community director Victoria Tran sent over a brief comment.
- 2022 September 30, “Winning World Scholars at the Global Round!”, in Patana News, volume 25, number 7, Bangkok Patana School, page 4:
  For example, the Scholar’s Scavenge that spanned most of the first day sent randomised teams to the Siam Amazing Park to tick off a list of increasinbly bizarre ice-breaking prompts, including “film a singing duel between the best and worst singers”, “show a WSC staff member a wild amogus”, “Initiate a dinosaur-alpaca feud”, and many, many more.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:amogus.

Translations

Greek: αμόγους (amógous)
Hindi: अमोगस m (amogas)
Russian: амо́гус (ru) m (amógus)
Spanish: amogus m

References

^ “Amogus”, in Know Your Meme, launched 2007