That’s exactly what they mean, they just don’t know how to spell it. The person who made the meme, and, judging by the reply you got, the person who posted it.
“Sike” is the phoenetic spelling of “psych.” That is to say, it’s pronounced the same. That is to say, they didn’t know how to spell it, so they sounded it out. And that spelling caught on. It’s not just this one guy, a lot of people can’t spell “psych” or can’t be arsed to learn.
I’m just wondering how they spell “psychologist.” I think they just say “doctor” or “shrink.” I’ve never seen anything like “sikologist.”
For anyone wondering, yes, psych is the word — it was short for “I psyched you out.” Like “I made you think you were gonna get something or that I believed something, but no, I fooled you. Psych!” Psych out.
And now that I type it out, it looks weird… but that’s the word, and it’s an actual word, and we were using it correctly. The people who couldn’t spell it (or couldn’t be arsed) were also using it correctly, they just embarrassed themselves a bit (most people don’t care) when they wrote it out or typed it out.
aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com 2 weeks ago
do you mean “psych” like we said in the 80s/90s?
cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
That’s exactly what they mean, they just don’t know how to spell it. The person who made the meme, and, judging by the reply you got, the person who posted it.
“Sike” is the phoenetic spelling of “psych.” That is to say, it’s pronounced the same. That is to say, they didn’t know how to spell it, so they sounded it out. And that spelling caught on. It’s not just this one guy, a lot of people can’t spell “psych” or can’t be arsed to learn.
I’m just wondering how they spell “psychologist.” I think they just say “doctor” or “shrink.” I’ve never seen anything like “sikologist.”
For anyone wondering, yes, psych is the word — it was short for “I psyched you out.” Like “I made you think you were gonna get something or that I believed something, but no, I fooled you. Psych!” Psych out.
And now that I type it out, it looks weird… but that’s the word, and it’s an actual word, and we were using it correctly. The people who couldn’t spell it (or couldn’t be arsed) were also using it correctly, they just embarrassed themselves a bit (most people don’t care) when they wrote it out or typed it out.
Darkcoffee@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
I do as the meme tells me too. It’s what was in vogue a decade ago, saying “sike”. Even had a spongebob meme same as this one.