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minus-squarepaddirn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·1 year agoDid Bill Watterson coin the term “simp”?
minus-squareAltofaltception@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up44arrow-down1·1 year agoIn this context I believe it was short for simpleton.
minus-squareRob T Firefly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 year agoWhich is an old use of “simp,” far predating the modern online slang. “Simp” short for “simpleton” was being thrown around school playgrounds in the early 1980s to my knowledge, maybe earlier than that.
Did Bill Watterson coin the term “simp”?
In this context I believe it was short for simpleton.
Which is an old use of “simp,” far predating the modern online slang. “Simp” short for “simpleton” was being thrown around school playgrounds in the early 1980s to my knowledge, maybe earlier than that.