verbTo be especially deferential to and emotionally vulnerable with a woman, often with the intent of receiving sexual gratification. · To obsequiously praise or admire. · To reminisce melancholically; to recall once fond memories now tinged with sadness, especially regarding a former lover.
nounA man who foolishly overvalues and defers to a woman, putting her on a pedestal. · Someone who foolishly overvalues someone else and defers to them, putting them on a pedestal. · An advocate for an ideology or cause.
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryOriginated in West Coast hip hop culture in the 1980s. Further etymology unknown. Possibly from:
# a special use of simpleton (above);
# a clipping of simper;
# a respelled clipping of sympathetic; or
# a blend of sissy + pimp or possibly sissy + wimp.
Originally restricted to African-American Vernacular English, until it received a boost in usage in the late 2010s through Internet culture, having been popularized through Twitch and TikTok.
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