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[โ€“] Zidane@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 week ago (15 children)

Love his comics but the "sike" kills me

[โ€“] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago (12 children)

Ancient GenX slang for "just kidding". Zoomers, don't let GenX make fun of you for "rizz" or whatever. They were doing shit like that long before you were born.

[โ€“] Zidane@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago (11 children)

Huh? It's the incorrect spelling

[โ€“] burgersc12@mander.xyz 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sike is on dictionary.com so its really up to the individual if "sike" or "psych" is the correct spelling

[โ€“] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

sike a less common spelling variant of psych.

That's dictionary.Com politely saying that enough people misspell it that they'll felt compelled to put it here. If your definition points to the real spelling, it's not really "up to the individual" which is the correct one.

[โ€“] jackr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

That's dictionary.com pointing out that it is now in common enoudh use to be a word. English isn't French, we don't have a language police that comes to chop off your head if you use a newer spelling, and I don't think we should either. Sike is correct now.

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