Psych-O

English

Etymology

Blend of Psych +‎ psycho.

Noun

Psych-O (plural Psych-Os)

1. (slang) A fan of the American detective comedy-drama television series Psych.
   • 2013, Rajat Paharia, quoting an advertisement, Loyalty 3.0: How to Revolutionize Customer and Employee Engagement with Big Data and Gamification, McGraw-Hill, →ISBN, page 98:

     CALLING ALL PSYCH-OS! JOIN CLUB PSYCH TODAY & START EARNING POINTS AND REWARDS FOR INTERACTING ON THE PSYCH OFFICIAL WEBSITE.

   • 2013 June 26, Leigh Weingus, “USA Orders Two Additional Episodes Of 'Psych'”, in HuffPost‎^[1], archived from the original on 23 December 2022:

     Good news, Psych-Os: USA has ordered two additional episodes for Season 8!

   • 2014 March 24, David Martindale, “Even two ‘Psych’ stars couldn’t have foreseen crazy way show ends”, in Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 108th year, number 332, Fort Worth, Tex., page 1D:

     [Dulé] Hill: […] I know a lot of Psych-Os actually became friends because of the show.

   • 2014 March 26, Patrick Ryan, “No one could have ever seen such success for ‘Psych’”, in Argus Leader, page 8B:

     Its loyal band of “Psych-Os” marks USA’s youngest audience for an original scripted series and its most active on social media, with more than 2.8 million Facebook fans and 206,000 Twitter followers.

   • 2014 March 30, Gere Goble, “All psyched out by favorite show’s ending”, in Sunday News Journal, page 1C:

     The time has come, and a confession is in order: I am a Psych-O. My husband and daughter are Psych-Os, too — pineapple-spotting, catchphrase-spouting, fist-bumping fans of a crime-solving phony psychic named Shawn and his best friend, Gus.

   • 2017 December 9, Brian Truitt, “‘Psych’ stars are back on the beat in reunion movie”, in The Cincinnati Enquirer, volume 177th, number 244, page 7B:

     USA’s Psych: The Movie (streaming online now) brings the long-running detective dramedy’s stars James Roday and Dulé Hill back together for the first time in three years, and there are many familiar aspects for their devoted “Psych-O’s,” none more than their signature exultation.

   • 2020 September 9, Olivia Sabalaskey, “Quaran-Streaming: Shows Watched During the Pandemic”, in The Villanovan, volume 111, number 8, page 9:

     Critics and Psych-Os alike praised the film [Psych 2: Lassie Come Home] for its witty script and heartfelt moments.