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[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 31 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Wait is that how you spell "sike"? I always assumed it was "psych", like being psyched out.

[–] i_am_not_a_robot 37 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Looks like this specific meaning of psych can be spelt sike - but not other definitions!

Tbh I'd never heard of this meaning in either spelling.

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

Nifty! Thanks.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago

"Psych" is the original spelling, but so many kids didn't know that that "sike" became common.

[–] LANIK2000@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

Looks like ya technically correct. I hate that there's little to no official literature on this, looking anything credible up is a pain.

https://www.reddit.com/r/grammar/comments/hm3xpq/sike_vs_psych/#:~:text=Everyone%20knows%20of%20the%20slang,the%20mind%2C%20or%20the%20psyche.

[–] thenextguy@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (3 children)

It's definitely psych. Sike is for people who also write should of.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

All of the sudden

[–] cocobean@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

In the meme-verse, I feel like "sike" is much more common (eg, "say sike right now")

[–] Live_your_lives@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago (3 children)

While "psych" is technically correct, the worst kind of correct, my preference would be to spell it "syke." "Psych" and "sike" just don't have enough meme energy to them and could be more easily misinterpreted as meaning something else.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Having lived through that era as the slang making demographic, I would say that "sike" or "syke" is specific to the context of having just said something to fool someone. "Dude you want my bike? You can have it." "Really?" "Sike!" See also the obnoxious drawn out "NOOOOT" you'd get at the time.

You would still use "psych" in terms of psyching up a team, psyching out an opponent, etc.

[–] Live_your_lives@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

You are 100% correct.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I'd just spell it "ough".