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==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
The term | The term originated as a contraction of the word "simpleton". Thus it was used to simply refer to a stupid person, with no modern connotation of the term attached to this usage of the word. The earliest printed reference to this term seems to be from the New York Times in the early 1920s.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/07/style/simp-history-slang.html</ref> | ||
Some have claimed the modern usage of the term was initially was also intended as a contraction of the word 'simpleton', coined by the gangsta rapper Too $hort in 1985.<ref>https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/simp-meaning-definition-term-used-tiktok-and-why-boosie-badazz-described-michael-b-jordan-simp-3138171</ref> This meaning adapts the aforementioned early 20th century American usage of the term 'simp' to imply that simps are fools that easily get exploited by women. Later some turned 'simp' into the backronym 'sucka idolizing mediocre pussy' or claimed that the term 'simp' was an acronym for this phrase.<ref>https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/what-does-simp-mean-meme/</ref> | Some have claimed the modern usage of the term was initially was also intended as a contraction of the word 'simpleton', coined by the gangsta rapper Too $hort in 1985.<ref>https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/simp-meaning-definition-term-used-tiktok-and-why-boosie-badazz-described-michael-b-jordan-simp-3138171</ref> This meaning adapts the aforementioned early 20th century American usage of the term 'simp' to imply that simps are fools that easily get exploited by women. Later some turned 'simp' into the backronym 'sucka idolizing mediocre pussy' or claimed that the term 'simp' was an acronym for this phrase.<ref>https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/what-does-simp-mean-meme/</ref> | ||