• bitchkat@lemmy.world
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    19 days ago

    It’s “psych” as in “He psyched us out” which comes from “using psychology on them”

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      19 days ago

      So many people spell it incorrectly that I’m starting to worry that “sike” will become the official spelling. Language evolves, but I don’t want it to.