Our generation is obsessed with coming up with the most bizarre and random words that mean everything and anything one couldn't even begin to fathom their definition. For example, there are words like, "yolo," "twerk," "thot," "leggo" and so on and so forth. All of these words have been developed out of pure laziness or because some famous hip-hop artist decided they were going to be common in our everyday vocabulary. However, there's one word that has become the bane of my existence, and annoys me each and every time I hear it: bae. Bae stands for, "before anyone else."
Now, before carrying on, I'd like to intervene my own thought with my own thought. I'm a man that appreciates a polished vocabulary. A couple words come to my mind that I love getting the opportunity to showcase in conversation: asinine and facetious. Instead of saying, "That's stupid or foolish," say, "That's asinine." Or, if you don't want to use the word "sarcastic," replace it with "facetious." Pull any of these words out of your back pocket in mid-conversation, and you'll either confuse the heck out of them, or you'll knock the socks right off the person you're speaking to.
I digress.Back to bae. Bae is an incredibly terrible word. It's the epitome of half-assing, and it's almost as if it's a filler kind of word. People throw it around like a ragdoll as opposed to using something more appropriate or even with the most minuscule drop of effort. Urban Dictionary defines bae as "The most f------ annoying way to say girlfriend, boyfriend, crush or any significant other." It also defines it as being Danish for poop. I prefer to go with the latter because it really is a crappy, poop sort of word. So there's that.People use the word "bae" humorously, which I understand. On the other hand, people take the word seriously at times as a word of endearment because it's evidently too difficult to say "babe" or "baby." There are other words that can be used in those places. For instance, call your significant other "hun" or "darling." They may be old fashioned, but some of the best and most ideal things are old fashioned. Plus, if you play the "darling" card on a southern belle, she'll blush like a cherry, and you'll be a genius man after her melting heart. I can proudly say with first-hand knowledge and experience, it's a fool-proof method. On top of that, there are words you could use to describe said "darling." You could use a word such as "voluptuous" to express a physical attraction; as in, "You have quite the voluptuous derriere," which means: "You have quite the enticing 'behind.'"When I hear "bae," I almost immediately level it with the word "boo." People similarly use the word "boo" as some sort of cute, playful form of "babe." I, however, say that is malarkey, and is a load of horse dung. We're all students at fine collegiate institutions, so we clearly have a decent amount of functioning brain cells that can aid us in saying and doing smart things. I say "boo" to the people that can't rise to the occasion and say something meaningful even if it is a half-hearted statement.An inability to articulate can be a person's ultimate downfall. We try harder to flip an empty red solo cup of beer over than we do for exams sometimes. Put some effort into it. If it's me in a relationship, and all my girlfriend can muster up in a caption of a picture is, "I love my bae, Alex," then see ya later. There's the door. Don't let it hit you on the way out. I'd take that as an insult, and she'd be looking for a new date to her impromptu.Bae. Bogusly...awful...effort. That's a better definition.
