• Omnipitaph@reddthat.com
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          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.

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          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.

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          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.