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Many parents might be unfamiliar with the word “simp,” but chances are your tween or teen has used or at least heard the term.

Simp is slang for a person (typically a man) who is desperate for the attention and affection of someone else (typically a woman).

endIndex: Gen Z teens and tweens likely picked up the use of the slang word "simp" from social media usage. (CNN) — Shannon was used to her socially awkward son being bullied by other boys at the private school he attends in Atlanta. But when she picked him up from school in mid-January and her eighth grader told her he was being called a "simp," Shannon, who's only using her first name to protect her son's identity, didn't know what to think. "He's telling me this and I'm driving and I'm trying to make sense of it," she said. "I'd never heard the word."

Many parents might be unfamiliar with the word "simp," but chances are your tween or teen has used or at least heard the term. Simp is slang for a person (typically a man) who is desperate for the attention and affection of someone else (typically a woman).