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[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 days ago (8 children)

It's "psych" as in "He psyched us out" which comes from "using psychology on them"

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago (6 children)

So many people spell it incorrectly that I'm starting to worry that "sike" will become the official spelling. Language evolves, but I don't want it to.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I never knew it hat a source,.. I thought it was a word like "ouch" or "oops"

Edit: English != mother tongue

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