Etymology
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Blend of Psych + psycho.
Psych-O (plural Psych-Os)
- (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: