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[Serious] What's your hot take? (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

"Simp" used to be a part of AAVE until 4chan and the white gays colonized it

They do that to a lot of our vernacular these days

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

And what did it use to mean in AAVE?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

As far as I understand (might be missing nuance, 'cause it was 80s/90s AAVE in the first place) it's someone who puts the homies aside over chasing a romance, especially if the romantic interest is considered unworthy/'for the streets' or if the homies consider what you're chasing to be unrequited

Basically a person who marks out for someone who probably doesn't gaf about them