[Ads-l] Verb: simp, simping

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

According to Google Trends the use of the word "simping" within
queries in the U.S. grew and peaked dramatically in 2020. See this
5-year graph:

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&geo=US&q=simping

I encountered the word "simping" repeatedly within YouTube videos this
year, but its history can be traced back to at least 2005 according to
the following Urban Dictionary entry.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=simping

[Begin excerpt from Urban Dictionary]
simping

v. to simp. Tricking, groveling, or basically just letting females
walk all over you for no apparent reason other than your own
bitch-made-ness.

Johnny met Sue. Sue likes Johnny. Johnny fell in love with the poon.
Sue tried to put the smack down. Instead of regulating, Johnny started
being a simp and takes her out to fancy dinners and what not.

*Johnny is begging Sue to take him back whilst his boys are waiting in
the cypher* Homeboy James says, "God damn it Johnny! Stop simping and
hit the bleez already you simp-a-ho!"

by The Tallboy March 08, 2005
[Begin excerpt from Urban Dictionary]

Wiktionary has a pertinent entry with citations beginning in 2013.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/simp

[Begin excerpt from Wiktionary]
Verb

simp (third-person singular simple present simps, present participle
simping, simple past and past participle simped)

(intransitive, African-American Vernacular, of a man) to be especially
emotionally vulnerable with a woman, often with the intent of
receiving sexual gratification
[End excerpt]

Here are two sample tweets from 2008.

https://twitter.com/NerdAtCoolTable/status/922618108
Tweet Timestamp: 6:07 PM · Sep 15, 2008
Tweet From: Nerd Nash @NerdAtCoolTable
Replying to @Go_Getter
[Begin tweet body]
@Go_Getter Excuse the simping but ya pic is gorgeous.
[End tweet body]

https://twitter.com/AroundHarlem/status/922622462
Tweet Timestamp: 6:11 PM · Sep 15, 2008
Tweet From: AroundHarlem.com @AroundHarlem
Replying to @NerdAtCoolTable
[Begin tweet body]
@NerdAtCoolTable giving a compliment is not simping. You need to stop
listening to your Not Getting Any Boys
[End tweet body]

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org