If you’ve spent any significant amount of time on TikTok in 2020, you’ve probably come across the word “simp.” But what does it mean, exactly?. The word, like so much of internet slang, is used very ...

Everything you need to know about where the term came from and how we use it today.

Editor’s note: After we first published this story in 2021, we received reader feedback about the term’s derivation and use in pop culture. We updated the story to reflect those additional details.

It is high-effort, attention seeking behaviour. Simps over-invest fast, and mostly, in their relationship, the effort is one-sided. They tend to confuse validation with connection and can also accept ...

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(CNN) — Shannon was used to her socially awkward son being bullied by other boys at the private school he attends. But when she picked him up from school and he told her he was being called a “simp,” ...