Simp   /Simping

  First and foremost simp is meant to be an insult to whoever it is being called to. ‘Simping’ does not necessarily have a gender specifics, however, in most examples of ‘simp’ that I have found are used to describe a guy who is head over heels for a woman and allows himself to discard all of his values to basically doing whatever she wants. This is so the male has a chance of hooking up with her, even though there is no chance. “A man that puts himself in a submissive position under women in hopes of winning them over without the female bringing anything to the table” (Ryan). This definition is new with the resurgence of the word with popular social media app TikTok has popularized it once again. Simping can be used to describe someone who is in their feelings over a person they were pursuing or attempted to pursue. 

Simp has a history that dates back to the eighties, “The word ‘Simp’ was first coined in 1985, after US rapper Too Short used it in his 1985 hit ‘Pimpology” (Rocks). It was used in opposition to the word pimp in their rap which associated simp with negative connotations. The word was used to describe someone that was overly infatuated by a woman where it allowed their behavior to be looked down upon among other men. Prior to this definition it was also a shortened version of the word simpleton which referred to someone who was stupid or naive. “The dictionary lists its first known usage as 1946, though it appeared in The New York Times as early as 1923.”(The New York Times)