I had to look this up and Wikipedia says two things that I didn’t expect. Looks like “sympathizer” wasn’t far off:
Originally a shortening of “simpleton”, the New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English traces usage of the noun simp to 1903.
Simp began to have the connotation of someone being “soft” and “overly sympathetic” in the 1980s, when it was used by West Coast rappers […] Simp was referenced by Sir Mix-a-Lot in his 1992 hit “Baby Got Back” in the lyrics, “A lot of simps won’t like this song”.
I see. I didn’t know it’s been around that long. The first time I heard it was a few years ago and I assumed it was a Gen Z thing like “rizz” and “no cap”
I had to look this up and Wikipedia says two things that I didn’t expect. Looks like “sympathizer” wasn’t far off:
I see. I didn’t know it’s been around that long. The first time I heard it was a few years ago and I assumed it was a Gen Z thing like “rizz” and “no cap”