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minus-squareTheSlad@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down3·10 months agoIt was psych originally, but the mispelling has become mainstream and replaced it.
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·10 months agoThe Free Dictionary has one entry for the word “sike”, and it’s “a small stream” or “a ditch”, neither of which applies here.
minus-squareAlcatorda@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·10 months agoInternet slang isn’t always in the dictionary. Like you could have told us to “look it up sweaty” which is 100% correct mematically but definitely not grammatically.
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·10 months agoThis isn’t Internet slang. It comes from the early 20th century. Also, people were saying “Psych!” back in the 80s.
It was psych originally, but the mispelling has become mainstream and replaced it.
The Free Dictionary has one entry for the word “sike”, and it’s “a small stream” or “a ditch”, neither of which applies here.
Internet slang isn’t always in the dictionary. Like you could have told us to “look it up sweaty” which is 100% correct mematically but definitely not grammatically.
This isn’t Internet slang. It comes from the early 20th century. Also, people were saying “Psych!” back in the 80s.