To be honest, Merriam Webster is inconclusive about the matter ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/the-many-plurals-of-octopus-octopi-octopuses-octopodes
@Jestastic maybe if we started calling the singular `octopussy`, then the debate will stop because the plural would become `octopussies` 🫣