sussed

sussed
adj
British
(of a person) well-adjusted, adapted to the circumstances, self-aware or self-reli-ant. This more recent derivation of the verb suss (out) is based on the notion of suss in the sense of 'knowhow'. Since the 1980s it is often in the form 'well-sussed'.
► 'This time, man, we've got it all sussed... all the albums gonna be made here, first class jobs.' (Record bootlegger, Oz magazine, Febru-ary 1970)
► A post punk skatezine that's aggressive, sussed and caustic about skating UK' (Mail on Sunday, 'Biz' magazine, June 1987)

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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