What is a simp? Am I simp? Is any of this a bad thing? If you’ve spent any significant amount of time on TikTok (or just about any social media platform) in 2020, it’s possible you’ve asked yourself ...

Many of us are familiar with the jokes about "whipped" husbands or phrases like "nice guys finish last." But these "nice guys" now have a new insult to contend with: the controversial slang term "simp ...

(CNN) — Shannon was used to her socially awkward son being bullied by other boys at the private school he attends. (CNN) — Shannon was used to her socially awkward son being bullied by other boys at ...

Livestreaming service Twitch is banning terms such as "simp," "incel" and "virgin" when used as insults. Under the online gaming platform's updated policy on hateful conduct and harassment, the use of ...

You’re so hip. You know how to rock a puffer vest and totally kept your cool when you caught your teen sexting, (well, at least in front of them anyway). But you could use a little help when it comes ...

Slasher covered these events on Twitter, and it wasn’t long before the grievances led to Simp becoming a trending topic on the platform. It’s been a year of companies trying to get a handle on their ...

Recently, Twitch announced that it would changing its Terms of Service, mostly the "Hateful Speech" category. It announced that terms such as "simp," "incel," and ...

Twitch is updating the Terms of Service for its streaming website again, this time expanding on the previous promise to ban things like blackface, confederate flags ...

As part of a crackdown on "sexually focused terms" on its platform, Twitch says terms like "simp," "incel," and "virgin" will soon be banned when used as insults by streamers or chatters on the ...

Editor’s note: After we first published this story in 2021, we received reader feedback about the term’s derivation and use in pop culture. We updated the story to reflect those additional details.