simp

Meanings

Noun

• A simple person lacking common sense; a fool or simpleton.
• Someone who is not worthy of respect.
• A 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.

Verb

• To 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.

Adjective

• Abbreviation of simplified

Related

Similar words

• doormat, white knight (a person who is too submissive for a partner)

Origin

• 1903. .
• 1980s (American rap culture). Unknown. Possibly from a respelled clipping of sympathetic, a clipping of simper; a ; or a special use of simpleton (above).