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[–] 1 point 2 days ago (1 child)

Hey, thanks stranger!

Side note, I've always been curious whether "simping" is short for "simpering" or "sympathizing." I've seen it used either way, I think.

Like, when it's used as an insult to people who are overly obsequious towards another, I could see it meaning "simpering."

But when it's used as a noun to refer to someone who supports something detestable, I could see it meaning "sympathizer," and then subsequently being converted to verb form by nature of internet slang...

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago* (1 child)

    I had to look this up and Wikipedia says two things that I didn't expect. Looks like "sympathizer" wasn't far off:

    • Originally a shortening of "simpleton", the New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English traces usage of the noun simp to 1903.
    • Simp began to have the connotation of someone being "soft" and "overly sympathetic" in the 1980s, when it was used by West Coast rappers [...] Simp was referenced by Sir Mix-a-Lot in his 1992 hit "Baby Got Back" in the lyrics, "A lot of simps won't like this song".
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