Nollywood actor, Uzor Arukwe has reacted to the backlash over his role in Omoni Oboli’s new movie ‘Love In Every Word.’ ...

What is a simp? Am I simp? Is any of this a bad thing? If you’ve spent any significant amount of time on TikTok (or just about any social media platform) in 2020, it’s possible you’ve asked yourself ...

Many of us are familiar with the jokes about "whipped" husbands or phrases like "nice guys finish last." But these "nice guys" now have a new insult to contend with: the controversial slang term "simp ...

One man’s heartened devotion and defence of a woman involved in a gruesome murder has earned himself the derogatory label of being a simp. The woman in question is 24-year-old Natalie Siow who became ...

The word “simp” isn’t new. In fact, it’s pretty old. But it has been dragged into fresh popularity. In the same way that older songs can find new audiences on TikTok, older slang emerges on the app to ...

Editor’s note: After we first published this story in 2021, we received reader feedback about the term’s derivation and use in pop culture. We updated the story to reflect those additional details.