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simp

USSIMP/sɪmp/

Verbsimps, simping, simped

Noun pluralsimps

6 meanings of simp

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  1. 1
    verbslangintransitive
    To act too eager to please or praise someone you like, hoping they will like you back.

    Like a puppy that follows someone around hoping for a treat.

    He started to simp the moment she walked into the room.

    They simp over every girl who talks to them.

    UsageSay simp for someone or simp over someone.

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  2. 2
    nounslangcountable
    Someone who tries too hard to please a person they like, or who is too devoted to someone or something.

    Like a fan who will do anything to please their idol.

    My friends call me a simp because I always text her back right away.

    Stop acting like a simp every time your crush walks by.

    UsageSay someone is a simp for a person.

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  3. 3
    made easieradjectiveabbreviation
    Short for simplified: of Chinese writing, using the simpler characters of mainland China, Singapore and Malaysia.

    The subtitle menu lists Chinese (Simp) and Chinese (Trad).

    Choose Simp if you read the characters used in mainland China.

    UsageSeen on language menus: simp Chinese.

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  4. 4
    foolnounslangderogatorycountable
    A foolish person who doesn't have much common sense.

    Like someone who falls for the same trick over and over.

    Only a simp would believe such an obvious lie.

    They treated him like a simp who couldn't tie his own shoes.

    Similarfool, simpleton, sucker, dupe

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  5. 5
    losernounslangcountable
    A person who does not deserve any respect.
    All of this, inspired by hypersensitive simps who never once had to demonstrate that, by reasonable standards, they had been victimized in any way.
    2009, Michael Graham ·, Redneck Nation: How the South Really Won the War
    A real pimp is a gentleman, but these are pimps in gorilla suits. They hang around pimps, they have hoes on the track working for them, they may even look like pimps, but they are straight simps.
    2012, Pumpin' Ken, Pimpology: The 48 Laws of the Game

    Similarloser, nobody

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Less common meaning

  1. 6
    verbslang
    To remember happy times with sadness, often about someone you used to love.

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Origins

Meanings 4–5

A short form of the word "simpleton." It appeared in 1903.

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Meanings 1–2

People first used this word in West Coast hip hop in the 1980s. Nobody knows for sure where it came from before that.

Meaning 3

A short form of the word "simplified."

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