Wow, so this is incredibly misogynistic, right? “Simp” is akin to “cuck,” which, by definition, is a man who lets his wife or girlfriend have sex with other men, but in recent years has been co-opted by angry men’s rights activists to describe any man who respects women. As MEL Magazine has noted, “…like ‘cuck,’ simp has evolved past its original, more precise definition, and is now another catchall misogynistic term, seemingly aimed not directly at women but rather the men who value them.” Simp is typically used by men to make fun of other men who give women attention or who do something nice for them without getting any sexual favors in return - like buying her dinner or consoling her after a breakup or doing her homework because she didn’t have “time” (an example the teens on TikTok use a lot). But that’s not really how the word is being used of late. Now, there is of course something to be said for calling out men who believe being a “nice guy” will get them laid, or, worse, for believing that women owe them anything at all, let alone sexual favors, for not treating them like shit. – A square with no game other than ‘Rolling out the Red-Carpet’ for every female. – A man that prides himself with ‘Chivalry’ in hopes of getting sexual gratification from women. – A man that puts too much value on a female for no reason. – A man that puts himself in a subservient/submissive position under women in hopes of winning them over, without the female bringing anything to the table. “ A guy who tags along with hot girls because he thinks it will get him laid.”īut the most widely accepted definition of the phrase, according to upvotes by Urban Dictionary users, is one posted in 2012:
And long before it was adopted by TikTok, the word was a fixture in black culture for years - most notably on the song “ Sippin’ On Some Syrup” by Three 6 Mafia, which was released in 2000 and opens with the line, “I’m trill working the wheel, a pimp, not a simp / Keep the dope fiends higher than the Goodyear Blimp.” In this context, “simp” is used as the opposite of a “pimp.” More recently, rapper Megan Thee Stallion, our OG Hot Girl, used simp in the same way in her hit song Cash Shit: “Bitch, I do pimp shit, huh / Ho, you on simp shit, ayy.”Īccording to Know Your Meme, the earliest known definition was added to Urban Dictionary on January 20th, 2005: The term simp has been used as an abbreviation for “simpleton” since the early 20th century, so again, it’s not a new internet word invented by Gen-Zers. Simp, as it’s being used today, stands for “Somebody/Sucka who Idolizes Mediocre Pussy.” Yup.īut the definition and usage of the word have evolved over the years - decades even. It could be because no one really knows what the hell it means. I have some friends in their early twenties who are also hella confused about all of this simping stuff, and even I wasn’t 100% sure of it, myself.
If you’re confused about all of this, for once it might not be just because you’re old and out of touch with internet culture. They’re proudly proclaiming their indoctrination into simphood, or they’re rooting entirely against it.
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