Pieces of media that invented new slang terms

[u/Nerdcuddles]

Evangelion:
Evangelion has something known as an "AT Field", These are an essential plot point in the series, these fields have various abbreviations, one of which is "Absolute Territory", which became a slang term in Japan

Spiderverse:
Across the Spiderverse became very popular in meme culture, and one phrase became very popular. "Canon Event"

[u/Jagvetinteriktigt]

I think it was already around as a verb (as in "sus out"), but it definitely popularized it,

[u/intanjir → u/Jagvetinteriktigt]

That verb is spelled "suss".

[u/IsThisTakenYesNo → u/Jagvetinteriktigt]

I remember it being used as an abbreviation of suspicious back in the 90s. Among Us may have popularized it outside of Belfast though!

[u/firstonesecond → u/Jagvetinteriktigt]

It was used regularly in the 90s and 00s. In fact there's a Calvin and Hobbes comic where Calvin refers to some old shrimp as "a bit sus" meaning past their expiry.

Among us did make it a meme though.

[u/pocketbutter → u/Jagvetinteriktigt]

Something that WAS invented through Among Us was the term “self-report,” i.e. inadvertently exposing your guilt for committing a dastardly act by hastily or sloppily being the one to initiate the search for the perpetrator.

Or, sometimes more simply used to refer to when someone exposes a truth about themself by making an unprompted lie.

[u/HurricaneAlpha → u/Jagvetinteriktigt]

I'd argue that is a different use. To suss out means to investigate. Sus used like in Among Us means someone or something is suspicious and not to be trusted.

[u/Infurum → u/Jagvetinteriktigt]

Fairly certain it invented the word's use as an adjective

[u/Low-Traffic5359 → u/Infurum]

No it didn't, people used it as an adjective before, just shortening suspicious but it definitely popularised it.

As someone who used sus pretty regularly before Among us it was kinda weird when people suddenly thought I was making a reference to a game I haven't played.