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[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ok real talk where in the hell does Google actually get this data from?

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I believe they just pull all the text of books from Google Books with the appropriate publishing date.

[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Certainly sounds like that'd make sense, but how does it produce results like this?

I can't imagine Simp would be getting used the same way in the 1700s that it is now, mostly because the state of gender relations at that point makes what gets you called a simp today look like having a literal crippling addiction to eating pussy

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Simp is short for simpleton. It's not a new word, and not at its highest use, clearly.

[–] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Hence the Simpsons

[–] dexa_scantron@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It used to be short for "simpleton".

[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

See that makes a lot more sense