The word “simp” is having a bit of a resurgence right now thanks to TikTok but its linguistic roots go back at least to midcentury, when it was slang for someone who was a clueless dope, a shortened version of “simpleton.” “Simp” entered my vocabulary all the way back in 1994, when the November issue of Sassy magazine ran an article titled “Reese Is Not a Simp.” Sassy—if you didn’t know—was the definitive magazine for alterna-teen girls in the 90s, always happy to critique pop culture and tell you what bands to listen to that you wouldn’t hear on the radio, a little proto-Women’s Studies course you could buy on the shelves at the supermarket in every small town in America.
About Last Night: Evan White is not a simp
