• corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
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    11 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”.

    • communism@lemmy.ml
      2·
      5 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”.