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simp

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WHAT DOES SIMP MEAN?

Simp is a slang insult for men who are seen as too attentive and
submissive to women, especially out of a failed hope of winning
some entitled sexual attention or activity from them.

Translation? The word simp is meant to troll young men for doing
anything for a girl to get some action he supposedly deserves.

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While much older as a term, simp massively trended among late

2019 and early 2020 due in part to a TikTok trend among male
members of Generation Z called “Simp Nation.” The slang has been
criticized for stereotyping such men as effeminate and implies
women are manipulative sexual objects. However, the term is also
evolving some more general senses of liking someone, akin to the
slang stan.

Example: If telling his girlfriend he would always be there for her

makes him a simp, then I guess he’s been simping for a long time
now.

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WHERE DOES SIMP COME FROM?

The slang simp appeared to come out of nowhere in 2019–20. It’s

popularly claimed that the internet slang simp is an acronym for
“Suckers Idolizing Mediocre Pussy.” But, as usual, the story of simp
isn’t so simple. The internet teen slang simp, as is true of many slang
terms that go mainstream, appears to come directly from Black hip-
hop slang—and it’s older than you may think.

Hip-hop lyrics from the late 1980s and 1990s were already using
simp as an insult for a men perceived as too subservient to a woman.
For instance, on Ice-T’s 1987 “Our Most Requested Record [Long
Version],” DJ Evil E raps: “Taking out all simps and suckers …” Urban
Dictionary entries in the early 2000–2010s also use simp in this way,
with some of them maintaining that simp is a blend of sissy and pimp.

Then there’s simp as a short form of simpleton (a fool), which was

first recorded all the way back in the early 1900s. The relationship
between the historic and contemporary slang simp is unclear, but we
can’t rule out connections—or at least associations—between the
two terms.

The slang simp spreads in the 2010s. In 2013, YouTube user DJ

Akademics referred to a simp as an “overly emotional” man in a video
titled “Drake is officially King Of Simps.” In 2019, simp further spread
on social media, notably found as an insult for weak-willed men on
Men Going Their Own Way subreddits.

Simp gained much more mainstream attention starting in December

2019. That’s when TikTok user @pollo.boyy created a viral TikTok
trend called “Simp Nation.” In this trend, people, usually young men,
post short videos describing allegedly stereotypical behaviors of a
simp, like comforting his girlfriend or buying her dinner and not
getting repaid with sexual attention as a result.

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Another moment that brought simp mainstream attention came in

March 2020, when many young men said they were, or were
accused of, acting like a simp (simping) in response to a massively
viral video from TikTok user @neekolul in a Bernie Sanders
campaign t-shirt dancing to “Oki Doki Boomer,” a novelty song
referencing the OK boomer meme.

What is No Simp September?

The slang simp helped prompt an alliterative internet challenge called
No Simp September, a riff on other such occasions as No Nut
November, itself modeled on the likes of No-Shave November. While
meant as a joke, discussions and descriptions of the challenge
include a lot of sexist language and reinforce many traditional gender
stereotypes.

No Simp September challenges men to refrain from simping (that,

acting like a so-called simp towards young women) during the entire
month of September.

One instance of No Simp September can be found on Twitter as early

2015 (though its exact sense isn’t clear), joined by a handful of uses
in 2019.

Jesse
@sommerfelt_me

September = no simp September

5:43 AM · Mar 2, 2015

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But the challenge spread in earnest in summer 2020. The idea of a

No Simp September was proposed (using misogynistic language) on
4chan in June. A viral TikTok @albaniantweetreader announced a No
Simp September (threatening exposure to a so-called “Boys
Community” if one failed the challenge). In August, a No Simp
September subreddit made up rules for the challenge, which
including not donating to female internet celebrities and not
promoting content simply because it included images of women.

The first of September 2020, sure enough, saw No Simp September

go viral on Twitter. Major brands even joined in on the joke.

Chipotle
@ChipotleTweets

no simp September ᵘⁿˡᵉˢˢ ᵗʰᵉʸ ᵇʳᵒᵘᵍʰᵗ ᵘ ᶜʰⁱᵖᵒᵗˡᵉ

6:23 PM · Sep 1, 2020

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EXAMPLES OF SIMP

Having feelings, crying, caring

about someone, “simping” as
you guys like to call it, etc. does
not make you less of a man. It
means you’re human, and most
women appreciate it a lot. Stop
calling yourselves weak or
pussies for showing emotion.

@bbyb_, May 2020

This ideology is illustrated all

over TikTok: If a user is treating
their partner with respect, they
might be labeled a "simp," or
told they're acting "soft,"
typically by friends or by
themselves, in a self-
deprecating manner. Take
TikTok user @ryantheleader,
who posts videos poking fun at
the term by handing money to a
female friend, then letting her
stand on him. The implication?
He's a doormat, and she's
walking
Carolyn all over
Steber, him.
Bustle, April 2020

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WHO USES SIMP?

Online, simp is primarily, and often with mean irony, used by young
men to belittle other young men for behavior deemed subservient to
women, often with the implication they are doing to win her (sexual)
attention or affection.

One can be called a simp for something as simple as paying for

dinner—or paying a girl a compliment. One subtext of simp is that
such men are weak and effeminate, and that they can’t get a
girlfriend on their own terms. Another subtext of a simp is even more
directly sexist, implying women are controlling or just there to provide
men sexual satisfaction.

Simp can be used as a noun (e.g., He’s such a simp) and a verb
(e.g., All he does is simp over her, he’s actually simping right now by
sending her so many messages!)

As simp has become more widely used, it appears to be evolving as

a slang way of indicating someone has a crush on someone.

inabber
@iNabber69

was about to compliment my girlfriend but then i

realized some 42 year old man with an anime profile
picture might call me a simp, thank god i avoided
that one
10:21 AM · May 4, 2020

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eddie semi-hiatus
@nich0lael

my gf: am I a simp
me: you need to be in my mentions a little more for
that
my gf:

11:28 PM · Jan 30, 2020

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When you start simping people for their talent rather than their looks,
ur a stan.

— BitchPaneer (@kuttiicheese) May 2, 2020

Did you know … ?

Insulting men for traditionally non-masculine qualities—being

vulnerable, sensitive, kind, and thoughtful towards their partners—is
nothing new. Nor is a slang term like simp new, and there have been
many, many other slang terms, old (like being whipped) and recent,
used in a similar way.

Some recent terms similar to simp include cuck, reply guy, white
knight, nice guy, and softboi.

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This is not meant to be a formal definition of simp like most terms we

define on Dictionary.com, but is rather an informal word summary
that hopefully touches upon the key aspects of the meaning and
usage of simp that will help our users expand their word mastery.

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