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[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works -3 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Always. It's short for 'psychological trick'.

[–] Omnipitaph@reddthat.com 3 points 2 days ago

Yeah, and Psyche means soul, and is a greek word. If you're going to be pedantic about language then at least be as correct as you can be.

I wouldn't say her soul or animating spirit has been tricked here— that would make no sense. "Sike" is a word now, and it has a very specific and narrow meaning. Just like Psyche now means something totally different that it originally did. Language EVOLVES.

[–] meliaesc@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

It used to be, then language naturally evolved.

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Yes, I know what it's supposed to be. But I haven't seen it being spelled as "psych" by regular people since the 90s, and only once in a webcomic in the mid 2000s. It's been "sike" ever since.

[–] felbane@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

The generally acceptable spelling in the 90s was "sike," but both forms are fine. Consider the spelling an age differentiator for the person using it.