There are some words so commonly used on Social Media and because it has gotten so much acceptance, we adopt it without knowing what it really means.
Today, I came across a meaning of the word ‘Bae‘ and I was totally shocked.
Bae is most often used as a term of endearment, often referring to your boyfriend or girlfriend. We see people posting pics online with the words ‘Chilling with my bae’, ‘I love you bae’. Maybe I’ve been guilty of it too *hides face*. So imagine my shock when I saw this:
According to the Urban Dictionary:
Bæ/bae is a Danish word for poop. Also used by people on the internet who think it means baby, sweetie etc.
But come to the Internet world, Bae has a totally different meaning. Some people even use it as a hashtag #BaeBeLike. Bae to many means the short form of Babe or Baby, and I guess its here to stay. But imagine you calling someone your ‘Bae’ and someone in another part of the world is calling poop that same word…. eeeew!
What do you think? Do you call that special someone in your life ‘Bae’? What does the word mean to you? Do you know of any other common words that have weird meanings?
27 Comments
favourah
February 11, 2015 at 12:02 pmTot its an acronym…BAE to me means;Before anything else
temi
February 11, 2015 at 12:34 pmThe meaning of mummy in this part of thee world is quite different frm the meaning in egypt
Adejoke
February 11, 2015 at 12:58 pmbea for me is “before anyone else”
Betty
February 11, 2015 at 1:18 pmWat???????????? I get called dat buh I seldom use it on any one else except for who uses it on me…………*cover face * iiiisssshhhhh.
Fakunle
February 11, 2015 at 1:20 pmIt means Before Anyone Else which i think is cute.
Superb Tehteh
February 11, 2015 at 1:26 pmwow am guilty too! oh no!
mabel okolo
February 11, 2015 at 2:16 pmthanks Steph
Gift Uzoma
February 11, 2015 at 2:49 pmI love ur article
zapa
February 11, 2015 at 4:39 pmBefore anyone else. Am being called bae and I think I like it. Someone once said Lol means (lord of lucifer) but I disagree cos I know the meaning is diff
Schollzy Pauls
February 11, 2015 at 7:13 pmI learn a lot each time you write, no regrets liking your page cos u inspire me… Thanks my role model..
Chisanya Nwankwo
February 11, 2015 at 11:26 pmit means before anyone else for pple who use d word for their gfs or bfs
Ibrahim
February 11, 2015 at 11:46 pmhope to among the fan club
Racheal Laye Edward
February 12, 2015 at 4:07 amTot twas Before anyone else o
Poop ke
Guilty! Very Guilty!
Chevvie
February 12, 2015 at 7:17 pmI used d word often nd it mean ‘Before anyone else’ and I love using it. It depends on wah u think…. 🙂
Mbiy Lucille
February 12, 2015 at 8:02 pmu wow me with ur gists. Who could have imagined?
Lizzy
February 13, 2015 at 6:28 pmLol
moralayo
March 3, 2015 at 7:48 amfor my dictionary it means Boli and Epa…
Indispensable presh okoro
June 17, 2016 at 2:20 pmWow! Tqnks tho…
Odesanya Pelumi
August 16, 2016 at 7:42 pmIn my word, bae means ‘before anyone else’
Vyce
June 11, 2017 at 9:09 pmthere’s a difference between b.a.e. and bae
BAE might mean poop
but the BAE used for endearments is based on an acronym as some people have stated in dis comments section.
it means Before Anyone Else
people can’t just type it all d time with the dots thats why it became “bae”…
it’s not like you will type AIDS or NAFDAC with dots despite knowing it’s an acronym
Shichet Dodoson
November 7, 2018 at 9:07 pmWow nice clarification vyce
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Carol franklyn
January 15, 2018 at 4:59 pmBae to me is before anyone else.am nit guilty and iuse it a lot
Lilly Wallies
July 31, 2018 at 7:29 pmwhat does bae meaning? What is the Hell Up with ‘Bae’!!
Richard
September 24, 2018 at 12:14 pmAnd “Mist” means “poop” in German. It’s a big world and councidences abound.
Sesi Miller
November 7, 2018 at 2:33 pmonce upon a time way back before there was texting, “Lol” used to mean “Lots of Love”.. i think thays why some accepted text “shorthand” is so confusing to older generations, in their minds it means something. different.. that doesnt mean its wrong…
Abbagee
July 16, 2019 at 10:06 amLove this!