Did You Know? The Real Meaning Of ‘Bae’

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?

Comments

  1. favourah Avatar
    favourah

    Tot its an acronym…BAE to me means;Before anything else

  2. temi Avatar
    temi

    The meaning of mummy in this part of thee world is quite different frm the meaning in egypt

  3. Adejoke Avatar
    Adejoke

    bea for me is “before anyone else”

  4. Betty Avatar
    Betty

    Wat???????????? I get called dat buh I seldom use it on any one else except for who uses it on me…………*cover face * iiiisssshhhhh.

  5. Fakunle Avatar
    Fakunle

    It means Before Anyone Else which i think is cute.

  6. Superb Tehteh Avatar
    Superb Tehteh

    wow am guilty too! oh no!

  7. mabel okolo Avatar
    mabel okolo

    thanks Steph

  8. Gift Uzoma Avatar
    Gift Uzoma

    I love ur article

  9. zapa Avatar
    zapa

    Before 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

  10. Schollzy Pauls Avatar
    Schollzy Pauls

    I learn a lot each time you write, no regrets liking your page cos u inspire me… Thanks my role model..

  11. Chisanya Nwankwo Avatar
    Chisanya Nwankwo

    it means before anyone else for pple who use d word for their gfs or bfs

  12. Ibrahim Avatar
    Ibrahim

    hope to among the fan club

  13. Racheal Laye Edward Avatar
    Racheal Laye Edward

    Tot twas Before anyone else o
    Poop ke
    Guilty! Very Guilty!

  14. Chevvie Avatar

    I used d word often nd it mean ‘Before anyone else’ and I love using it. It depends on wah u think…. 🙂

  15. Mbiy Lucille Avatar
    Mbiy Lucille

    u wow me with ur gists. Who could have imagined?

  16. moralayo Avatar
    moralayo

    for my dictionary it means Boli and Epa…

  17. Indispensable presh okoro Avatar
    Indispensable presh okoro

    Wow! Tqnks tho…

  18. Odesanya Pelumi Avatar
    Odesanya Pelumi

    In my word, bae means ‘before anyone else’

  19. Vyce Avatar
    Vyce

    there’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

    1. Shichet Dodoson Avatar
      Shichet Dodoson

      Wow nice clarification vyce

  20. love spells Avatar

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  21. Carol franklyn Avatar
    Carol franklyn

    Bae to me is before anyone else.am nit guilty and iuse it a lot

  22. Lilly Wallies Avatar

    what does bae meaning? What is the Hell Up with ‘Bae’!!

  23. Richard Avatar
    Richard

    And “Mist” means “poop” in German. It’s a big world and councidences abound.

  24. Sesi Miller Avatar
    Sesi Miller

    once 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…

    1. Abbagee Avatar
      Abbagee

      Love this!

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