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AIBU to hate the word Bae ?

99 replies

myusernameisusername · 18/05/2015 00:06

Apart from it meaning poop in dutch nothing else has appeared online about this presumably made up word wjy do people make up words. and why does it make me see Angry whenever i see it Grin

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GlitterTwinkleToes · 18/05/2015 00:14

Yanbu!
DH says this to wind me up cuntAngry
People sound like pissed sheep saying it

AlpacaMyBags · 18/05/2015 00:14

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Allinson2014 · 18/05/2015 00:15

YANBU at all!

MagentaVitus · 18/05/2015 00:15

Teenagers/pop culture has always made up words. Don't like it, don't use it!

MitzyLeFrouf · 18/05/2015 00:16

I've seen it being used but I have no idea what it means.

juneybean · 18/05/2015 00:16

Yanbu! It's the same amount of syllables as babe. I don't get it?!

Anniegetyourgun · 18/05/2015 00:18

It's "babe" for people who are too lazy to type a whole four letters. There's another thread somewhere that claims it stands for something, but I bet the acronym was invented after the word was already in use just so it didn't sound quite so pathetic. In this it failed.

myusernameisusername · 18/05/2015 00:20

Wow. a word worse than babe that actually sounds and means something much worse Grin this generation of teens has outdone themselves

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hobNong · 18/05/2015 00:21

Yanbu op.

Bambambini · 18/05/2015 00:26

YABU and sound old! Like me! Don't know what it means but it obviously sounds cool to diss it on Mn!

browniebear · 18/05/2015 00:53

I think it stands for Before Anyone Else

CarlPoppaJaJiggyJarJardoo · 18/05/2015 01:03

Yes it doesn't mean babe,it stands for before anyone else.I agree it is annoying though.

SycamoreMum · 18/05/2015 01:17

Its a American word that somehow (fucking annoyingly) drifted over here. It means like boyfriend/girlfriend. Its used a lot in hiphop culture/followings.

Stupid word.Hmm

SycamoreMum · 18/05/2015 01:18

Its a American word that somehow (fucking annoyingly) drifted over here. It means like boyfriend/girlfriend. Its used a lot in hiphop culture/followings.

Stupid word.Hmm

nochurniscream · 18/05/2015 01:24

It doesn't mean babe or boyf/girlf

As explained above it means Before Anyone Else

It's not a word I would use but language changes and evolves all the time and I think that's great

I do wonder though if anyone hated the word bandit when Shakespeare invented it... Or bedazzled. Or watchdog. Or any of the others...

Rainbunny · 18/05/2015 01:27

I've been in the States for 15 years and never heard this before! Obviously not hanging around the cool people. I thought you were talking about a British Aerospace company (BAE Systems).

nochurniscream · 18/05/2015 01:28

ps all words are 'made up'

WalterMittyish · 18/05/2015 01:45

I've genuinely not come across this in general usage (though I don't have much contact with teenagers).

In what context would you use 'Before Anyone Else' in a sentence? Is this to do with queuing, i.e. 'Hey, queue-jumper, I was BAE, and it's just not British to push in!'

LemonySmithit · 18/05/2015 06:17

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imwithspud · 18/05/2015 06:29

YANBU, it's an annoying word. Up there with the likes of 'totes' 'amazeballs' and 'emosh', bleurgh. Grown adults saying it make me cringe.

Bibasbottom · 18/05/2015 06:32

It means Before Anyone Else and I think originated with a 'viner ' called Cameron Dallas who uses the catch phrase; You got a bae or nah.

Teenagers daughters? Yep!

VixxFace · 18/05/2015 06:41

It's before anyone else. Nothing to do with babe. I find the word embarrassing.

VixxFace · 18/05/2015 06:41

But that's because I'm old and past it (29)

TranquilityofSolitude · 18/05/2015 06:44

YANBU

My teenage DDs use it all the time, mostly to annoy me, I suspect. It tends to go hand-in-hand with"ILY" which means "I love you" but they pronounce as "illy". Typical conversation goes like this:
Me: "I've been to the supermarket. I bought crisps."
DD: "ILY BAE."

Tempted not to buy crisps ever again...

GaryBaldy · 18/05/2015 07:01

YANBU. It's everywhere. That and thug life and squad goals.

What does this stuff even mean?

DS won't tell me as he thinks I'm too old to be on Facebook