Top 10 meanings of the word bae

Have you hear the word “bae?” I’m sure you have. It’s been all over social media as people have been using it as a term of endearment, at least until recently when they found out that it has multiple meanings.

Someone must have thought they were being quite clever and unique when they came up with the slang “bae;” however, they did not realize they were not being original. The word “bae” has been around for a long time, and it’s not necessarily cool. Little did they know that it could have boring, disgusting, or onomatopoetic meanings.

The word “bae” not only has a history of varied meanings, it is also gaining new ones quickly. Its overuse is making it difficult to decipher, as evidenced by this tweet:

It can be very entertaining to see what people who have never heard the word used share what they think it means.



If you’ve heard of a meaning for the word “bae” that hasn’t been used here, let us know in the comments below.

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Baby

The word “bae” is often used now in reference to one’s significant other, or desired significant other.

It can even be used to describe a person as sexy!

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Cool

The way to describe something as being really good in a popular sense changes all the time. In the 1960s things were “hip,” and the 1970s we could “dig it.” It’s been “cool,” “hot,” “sweet,” and “the bomb.” Now, we can add “bae” to that list.

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Poop

Many people were disturbed to hear that the Danish meaning of the word “bae” is “poop.” As reported by Buzzfeed, the word apparently developed as a result of the uncontrollable outburst one makes upon seeing, smelling, or tasting something nasty, such as “blah.”

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Barium Enema

According to Slang, BaE refers to a Barium (Ba) enema (E). I suppose that goes along with the “poop” definition.

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Before Anyone Else

As the possible combinations of words that begin with B and E are numerous, so are the possible acronyms. One example is “before anyone else.” The idea here is that your significant other would come before anyone else in your life. It goes along with “nah” as in “no,” in the phrase “You got a bae or nah?”

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B.A.E.

Also on Slang, there are other possible acronyms listed, which include : big and extraordinary, as in “My bae’s got bae ___” (you fill in the blank); beautiful and elegant, which seems almost contradictory to using the slang bae to begin with; business and entertainment as in “My job is bae;” bacon and eggs as in “My bae and I just ate bae,” or “I eat bae every day;” before almost everyone, which a slight alteration from “before anyone else;” babies are eating as in, well, I can’t really think of a way to use this acronym that actually sounds comprehendible; and my personal favorite, biggest ass ever as in “My bae’s got the bae!”

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Baaa

According to Time magazine, the word bae is an onomatopoetic word describing the sound a sheep makes, citing it as an English word from the 1500s. It can actually be traced back further than that.



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Both

In Old English, “bae” was an alternate spelling of the word “be,” which can mean “both” or “by.”

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Vain

Although I have not heard the word “bae” associated with the word “vain” before, it is gaining numerous meanings.

I wonder what it will mean next. Perhaps it will replace “real,” as in “Keepin’ it bae!”

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