noun
suey
SOO-ee
noun
1
Informal, shortened slang for suicide.
"He'd been dealing with dark thoughts about suey for months before he finally asked for help."
2
A children's game where a ball is thrown against a wall in various ways, often with rhymes or forfeits attached.
"The kids spent the whole afternoon playing suey against the school wall."
How to Use Suey
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA casual clipped word — either the serious sense (suicide) or an old-fashioned street game with a ball.
Common mistake
The suicide sense is blunt slang and can come across as flippant given the seriousness of the topic — most writing uses "suicide" in full instead.
Word Forms
sueys plural
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Etymology
A shortened, informal form of "suicide," with the playful -ey ending tacked on the same way "telly" comes from "television."