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The Death of 'Bae'

22 points by jonah 12y ago

typea 12y ago
Wonder what the next hyped word is going to be after bae died out. Funny how a new saying pops out of no where every other month.
- mathattack 12y ago
  That's what kids do. And it's also why fogies should never try to "talk hip" with the kids. We're always out of date. (We should also never talk about the music or movies of our childhood. Risky Business and REM are Bogart and Sinatra to them.)
  - theorique 12y ago
    ('cool' dad walks downstairs to rec room): "Hey there teens, are you twerkin' wit yo bae? How bout dat Iggy Azalea doe?"
  - gaius 12y ago
    Well yes and no. Most slang is about being more expressive; these are about being less.
bglazer 12y ago
Very interesting article. I bet there's a small, yet fun, opportunity to create a service that will predict new slang words based on analysis of twitter and urban dictionary. I wonder if anyone would pay for that?
- sprucely 12y ago
  That's so jar. No really, I had a friend who tried to make "jar" the new "cool". It didn't catch on. But you're probably right. I could see a market for the notoriety, or at least self-satisfaction, of being the one who coined a popular term or phrase.
  - theorique 12y ago
    also see: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/stop-trying-to-make-fetch-happen http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/stop-trying-to-make-fetch-happ...
DiabloD3 12y ago
I'm sorry, but I've never heard anyone use the word bae unless it was some forced "black American culture" thing in a TV show (ie, played for laughs). To claim its dead implies it was once alive.
- goldmouth 12y ago
  I'm in my mid 20's and I can't go a day without seeing a fb/snapchat/instagram post with the word 'bae'.
  - DiabloD3 12y ago
    I'm in my early 30s, and I use none of those. Maybe its a generational thing?
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  - rubiquity 12y ago
    Get new friends.
- joezydeco 12y ago
  My parents have been using it as a term of endearment for each other since the late 60s. I always assumed it was a common shortening of "babe".
siegecraft 12y ago
dat bae doe
gaius 12y ago
I thought this was about British Aerospace, I have never heard this word. Or "normcore".
- ajryan 12y ago
  He said, stroking his Unix beard.
- theorique 12y ago
  "ain't u ev'r caught bae slippin?"
nsxwolf 12y ago
I only became aware of this word just now. I'm glad I wasn't aware of it before. I am also hopeful that the headline is accurate and that it is, in fact, dead.
bane 12y ago
This must be an impossibly narrowly used slang word. I've never heard nor read it before today and my (much) younger co-workers haven't either. This may as well be an article on "plokithorpf"
- dllthomas 12y ago
  I kinda wanted plokithorpf to be something.
  - bane 12y ago
    Please tell me you googled for it...or asked the nearest hip young person.
    - dllthomas 12y ago
      Googled. Knowing you, little as I do, I didn't think a hip young person would be much help :-P
- cheshire137 12y ago
  I've mainly seen it come up on Tumblr, Reddit, and Twitter.
- chestnut-tree 12y ago
  "This must be an impossibly narrowly used slang word" Apparently, it's been added to the Oxford English Dictionary. Some other up-and-coming phrases according to this Guardian opinion piece are: "I can't even" "all the feels" http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/dec/28/young-people-internet-language-baes-feels http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/dec/28/young-p...
schnevets 12y ago
The intro to this article reminds me of the GrubHub/Seamless ads that have been on New York Subways for the last 6 months. The meme-filled slogans were bad when they went up (Especially the doge saying "Very takeout! Such convenience!"), but they got more obnoxious and out of touch with each passing month.
droidist2 12y ago
I'm just thankful they're not talking about Doona Bae, she's pretty cool.
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rsofaer 12y ago
I've never heard this, but it sounds like it comes from Mandarin, since baobae means the same/similar thing there.

22 points by jonah 12y ago

typea 12y ago

Wonder what the next hyped word is going to be after bae died out. Funny how a new saying pops out of no where every other month.

mathattack 12y ago
That's what kids do. And it's also why fogies should never try to "talk hip" with the kids. We're always out of date. (We should also never talk about the music or movies of our childhood. Risky Business and REM are Bogart and Sinatra to them.)
- theorique 12y ago
  ('cool' dad walks downstairs to rec room): "Hey there teens, are you twerkin' wit yo bae? How bout dat Iggy Azalea doe?"
- gaius 12y ago
  Well yes and no. Most slang is about being more expressive; these are about being less.

bglazer 12y ago

Very interesting article. I bet there's a small, yet fun, opportunity to create a service that will predict new slang words based on analysis of twitter and urban dictionary. I wonder if anyone would pay for that?

sprucely 12y ago
That's so jar. No really, I had a friend who tried to make "jar" the new "cool". It didn't catch on. But you're probably right. I could see a market for the notoriety, or at least self-satisfaction, of being the one who coined a popular term or phrase.
- theorique 12y ago
  also see: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/stop-trying-to-make-fetch-happen http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/stop-trying-to-make-fetch-happ...

DiabloD3 12y ago

I'm sorry, but I've never heard anyone use the word bae unless it was some forced "black American culture" thing in a TV show (ie, played for laughs). To claim its dead implies it was once alive.

goldmouth 12y ago
I'm in my mid 20's and I can't go a day without seeing a fb/snapchat/instagram post with the word 'bae'.
- DiabloD3 12y ago
  I'm in my early 30s, and I use none of those. Maybe its a generational thing?
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- rubiquity 12y ago
  Get new friends.
joezydeco 12y ago
My parents have been using it as a term of endearment for each other since the late 60s. I always assumed it was a common shortening of "babe".

siegecraft 12y ago

dat bae doe

gaius 12y ago

I thought this was about British Aerospace, I have never heard this word. Or "normcore".

ajryan 12y ago
He said, stroking his Unix beard.
theorique 12y ago
"ain't u ev'r caught bae slippin?"

nsxwolf 12y ago

I only became aware of this word just now. I'm glad I wasn't aware of it before. I am also hopeful that the headline is accurate and that it is, in fact, dead.

bane 12y ago

This must be an impossibly narrowly used slang word. I've never heard nor read it before today and my (much) younger co-workers haven't either. This may as well be an article on "plokithorpf"

dllthomas 12y ago
I kinda wanted plokithorpf to be something.
- bane 12y ago
  Please tell me you googled for it...or asked the nearest hip young person.
  - dllthomas 12y ago
    Googled. Knowing you, little as I do, I didn't think a hip young person would be much help :-P
cheshire137 12y ago
I've mainly seen it come up on Tumblr, Reddit, and Twitter.
chestnut-tree 12y ago
"This must be an impossibly narrowly used slang word" Apparently, it's been added to the Oxford English Dictionary. Some other up-and-coming phrases according to this Guardian opinion piece are: "I can't even" "all the feels" http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/dec/28/young-people-internet-language-baes-feels http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/dec/28/young-p...

schnevets 12y ago

The intro to this article reminds me of the GrubHub/Seamless ads that have been on New York Subways for the last 6 months. The meme-filled slogans were bad when they went up (Especially the doge saying "Very takeout! Such convenience!"), but they got more obnoxious and out of touch with each passing month.

droidist2 12y ago

I'm just thankful they're not talking about Doona Bae, she's pretty cool.

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rsofaer 12y ago

I've never heard this, but it sounds like it comes from Mandarin, since baobae means the same/similar thing there.