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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Apr 5
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    now wtf is a ‘simp’ I think I’ll just sit this one out whatever the hell it is I think I’m now getting old enough I can get away with not keeping up with the lingo. You want to talk to me you speak eightese okay.

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      2.  🌻 C James Wolf  🌻‏ @CJamesWolf3 Apr 5
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        It's been short hand for " a simpering person (usually male)" for a long time in some parts of the English speaking world. I'm not sure which side of my family I got it from, or if it was where I grew up, but it definitely isn't a term I learned from the internet

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Apr 5
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        It’s been trending the last couple of days I don’t know why. I never heard it before

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      2. a.k.a.‏ @kaburicrab Apr 5
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        I still am not entirely sure when this “simp” concept is supposed to have surfaced—I’ve only ever heard the word in the context of people complaining about it, and I think the very first time was like four or five months ago.

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      3. Chaos‏ @chaosprime Apr 5
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        suddenly we decided "orbiter" was too many syllables

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      1. It Arises‏ @IArises Apr 5
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        A thirsty beta orbiter

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      1. Snigdha Roy‏ @snigdhar0y Apr 6
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        Gen-Z here, I can break it down for you. I’ve been hearing the word ‘simp’ among my classmates for quite a few months. https://twitter.com/snigdhar0y/status/1245053467091251200?s=21 …https://twitter.com/snigdhar0y/status/1245053467091251200 …

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        Snigdha Roy @snigdhar0y
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        simping is when you are so desperate, you’ll do anything, even be like depressed for something / someone. it’s become a joke - slang term so like, “bro do you simp for your mom?” “no way bro, I don’t simp for my MOM!” The second guy is trying to act like he’s not a momma’s boy
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      1. Rich Tesoriero‏ @richtesoriero Apr 5
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        Relatable. I paid $5 just for the ‘brrr’ post.

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        The word was used by the rapper Fat Lip in the early 90s song by Pharcyde "Passing Me By"https://genius.com/The-pharcyde-passing-me-by-lyrics …

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      1. Sahoo Ventures‏ @csahoo Apr 5
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        Simpleton

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      1. Matt Diamond‏ @mattdiamond Apr 5
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        is someone gonna tell him the backronym I'm not doing it

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