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    The word "Bae"

    I keep seeing on social media that a lot of people out there in the world seem to have incredibly strong feelings about this word. I don't think I get it, but it's okay with me, I just like words and the way they develop.

    How do you feel about "bae"?
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    I call people bae all the time, what's the big deal?
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    I know this word and loathe it!
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    I know this word and am ambivalent towards it.
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    I don't know this word, educate me.
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    I don't know this word, but I hate it on principle.
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    I don't know this word and I don't care either.
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    Seeing or hearing this word makes me violently irritated.
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      #3
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      lol: http://www.theatlantic.com/entertain...of-bae/384086/
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        #4
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        This too shall pass.

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          #5
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          as a person who is over 30, I hate all the slang that young people use.

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            #6
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            I don't know this word, or what it means, but, if it ever becomes useful in some rhetorical context, I'll prolly use it.

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            OK, just read the Atlantic article on "bae," and now feel fully informed...

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              Never saw it before today, will probably forget it in a week. Not intending to mourn its loss.
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                #8
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                The only time I'd use the word is if I wanted to make a bad joke or be ridiculous.

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                  #9
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                  Funny they said the same thing about "Hippy" slang,like groovy and Trippy.
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                    #10
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                    I think it also means "poop" in Danish. Not quite the term of endearment folks like to think it is.

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                      #11
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                      I like it. I think I'll call my lover Bae when and if I want to. Despite people's feelings about it meaning poop in danish. Considering I'm speaking english then I should be just fine.
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                        #12
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                        Goodness, I'm a teenager and I don't know this word. I feel out of date.

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                          #13
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                          I have come across this word before. As someone objectively interested in language, a minor amateur linguist, I don't really hate the word as much as those who use it. On an aside

                          Katy Steinmetz in Time aptly mentioned another, more likely origin story earlier this yearone that also accounts for the uncommon a-e pairingthat bae is simply a shortened version of babe (or baby, or beau). "Slangsters do love to embrace the dropped-letter versions of words," she wrote, noting that in some circles cool has become coo, crazy cray, et cetera.

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                            #14
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                            Originally posted by habbalah View Post
                            Seeing or hearing this word makes me violently irritated.
                            My feelings exactly.

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                              #15
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                              I use Bae with my mates but when we use it it generally means 'good guy' ('guy' itself being a neutral-sex term), like "oh man you bae, that's awesome". Our videogame esports team is even called the UEbAes (a play on UEA, our Uni). I don't really get why it's a bad thing?
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