I wonder if people who spelled it as, “sike”, apply the spelling to related words. Sikeology or sikeiatrist or sikeotic
People who spell it “sike” probably aren’t intelligent enough to attempt to use those other words.
I’m pretty sure “sike” is how it was often spelled in the 80s and 90s. So maybe they’re just “old.”
If you think of it, using the abbreviation ‘psych’ to say ‘psyched’ and to mean you think you have shocked the interlocutor with an intricate joke, isn’t the best use of the word either.
Etymologically it might make more sense as sike because it makes little sense either way, so why pretend?
Wait is that how you spell “sike”? I always assumed it was “psych”, like being psyched out.
Looks like this specific meaning of psych can be spelt sike - but not other definitions!
Tbh I’d never heard of this meaning in either spelling.
Looks like ya technically correct. I hate that there’s little to no official literature on this, looking anything credible up is a pain.
While “psych” is technically correct, the worst kind of correct, my preference would be to spell it “syke.” “Psych” and “sike” just don’t have enough meme energy to them and could be more easily misinterpreted as meaning something else.
Having lived through that era as the slang making demographic, I would say that “sike” or “syke” is specific to the context of having just said something to fool someone. “Dude you want my bike? You can have it.” “Really?” “Sike!” See also the obnoxious drawn out “NOOOOT” you’d get at the time.
You would still use “psych” in terms of psyching up a team, psyching out an opponent, etc.
Only works on grizzly/brown bears.
This one: https://feddit.uk/post/14845509
Aha! I knew it! The bears are who we thought they were, and we let them off the hook.
We Bear Bears 🎶🎵
