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Sike is an informal spelling of "psych," used as an interjection to reveal that what you just said was a joke or fake-out: I got you a new car—sike!
The spelling emerged in 1990s youth culture and spread through internet usage.
It signals playful deception, announcing that the listener has been momentarily fooled.
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Retracted my statement
Sike is an informal spelling of "psych," used as an interjection to reveal that what you just said was a joke or fake-out: I got you a new car—sike!
The spelling emerged in 1990s youth culture and spread through internet usage.
It signals playful deception, announcing that the listener has been momentarily fooled.
1. stream — brook, Small flowing watercourse; burn (Damage by heat); ditch (Shallow excavated channel); gully (Channel carved by flowing water); rivulet · runnel · drainage · watercourse · beck · rill · channel · marshy · boggy · lowland
2. slang — psych, Mentally unsettle an opponent; gotcha (Exclamation upon catching someone); fooled (Led to believe falsely); joking (Saying things in fun); kidding · pranked · tricked · just kidding · not really · reverse · bait · troll · duped · bamboozled
SINCERITY/TRUTHFULNESSsike ≠ seriously With sincere intent; for real · no joke · sincerely · I mean it · honestly
COMMUNICATIVE INTENTsike ≠ indeed Word affirming emphasis; exactly · absolutely · that's right · for sure
Betawi; Moorland: heather, peat bog, bracken, gorse, bog; small streams: brook, creek, rill, rivulet, runnel
sickening, sicken, psyche
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/sike