# simp

Pronunciation: US say "SIMP" /sɪmp/; UK

## Verb

1. To behave in an excessively fawning, deferential, or admiring way toward someone, especially a person one is attracted to, often in the hope of winning their affection or sexual favor. *(slang)*
   - Simple: To act too eager to please or praise someone you like, hoping they will like you back.
   - _Guys at the office simp whenever the new manager so much as smiles._
   - _He'll simp for any woman who shows him a little attention._

## Noun

2. A person who foolishly overvalues and defers to someone, especially in hope of romantic attention; by extension, an excessively or uncritically devoted fan of someone or something, often said jokingly of oneself. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Someone who tries too hard to please a person they like, or who is too devoted to someone or something.
   - _The whole group dismissed him as a simp who'd cancel his plans whenever she texted._
   - _She rolled her eyes at the simp leaving heart emojis on every photo._
4. A person who lacks common sense; a foolish simpleton. *(slang)*
   - Simple: A foolish person who doesn't have much common sense.
   - _He felt like a simp after falling for the same trick twice._
   - _The con artist preyed on every simp who wandered into town._
5. A person who is not worthy of respect. *(slang)*
   - Simple: A person who does not deserve any respect.

## Adjective

3. Short for simplified: of Chinese writing, in the simplified characters that are standard in mainland China, Singapore and Malaysia, as opposed to traditional characters. — Abbreviation of simplified.
   - Simple: Short for simplified: of Chinese writing, using the simpler characters of mainland China, Singapore and Malaysia.
   - _Streaming sites often label their Chinese subtitle tracks Simp and Trad._
   - _The app's language menu lists Chinese (Simp) and Chinese (Trad) as separate choices._

## Other meanings

- (verb) To reminisce melancholically, recalling once-happy memories now tinged with sadness, especially about a former lover.

## Origin

**Meanings 4–5** — First recorded in 1903 as a clipping of "simpleton."
**Meanings 1–2** — It arose in the 1980s in the hip hop culture of the West Coast, and its earlier history is unknown. Suggested sources are a special use of "simpleton," a shortening of "simper," a respelled shortening of "sympathetic," or a combination of "sissy" with "pimp" or perhaps "wimp." At first it was limited to African-American Vernacular English, but Internet culture, especially Twitch and TikTok, spread it widely in the late 2010s.
**Meaning 3** — A clipping of "simplified."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/simp (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).