parsizzle@piefed.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 day agoWhat slang term did you learn as a kid that is no longer in use?message-squaremessage-square172fedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down12
arrow-up167arrow-down1message-squareWhat slang term did you learn as a kid that is no longer in use?parsizzle@piefed.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 day agomessage-square172fedilink
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down4·20 hours ago The more I type about it, the less “psych” looks like a valid English word. …because the word is ‘psyche’: “I psyched him out.” I think it’s Greek origin, and it’s like “psychology”.
minus-squareMouselemming@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 hours agoOne’s psyche (2 syllables) is one’s soul/personality/mind. It’s not a verb. They all come from the Myth of Psyche (also 2 syllables) a princess loved by Cupid and disliked by his mom. Psyche (mythology) - Wikipedia https://share.google/kjpSB8R9ySQPDwx6k
minus-squarecommunism@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-214 hours ago“Psyche” is a different word to “psych” in English. “Psyche” is a noun, pronounced “sye-kee”; “psych” is a colloquial/casual verb, pronounced “syke”.
…because the word is ‘psyche’: “I psyched him out.”
I think it’s Greek origin, and it’s like “psychology”.
One’s psyche (2 syllables) is one’s soul/personality/mind. It’s not a verb.
They all come from the Myth of Psyche (also 2 syllables) a princess loved by Cupid and disliked by his mom.
Psyche (mythology) - Wikipedia https://share.google/kjpSB8R9ySQPDwx6k
“Psyche” is a different word to “psych” in English. “Psyche” is a noun, pronounced “sye-kee”; “psych” is a colloquial/casual verb, pronounced “syke”.