Have some respect, bae!

If you're wildly confused at the title of this post, I don't blame you! Until last night, I had never heard the word/phase/thing bae. Yes, you read that properly. Bae. What is this word/phrase/thing you may ask? I'm still not 100% sure, but let's source the always wonderful Urban Dictionary for some assistance.

Bae;

"Before anyone else"

What?! That's probably the worst abbreviation known to Man. Let's move on and hope there's a better definition.

"Word used to address their significant other because they have found themselves too lazy to pronounce the entire word "babe".
"Welcome home, bae"

Okay, I didn't think it could get worse, but it just did.

People use bae because they're too LAZY to say babe?! *Mind blown*

Is this seriously what the English language is coming to? I can understand shortening long words like veterinarian to vet, or vegetables to veggies, but shortening a one syllable, four-letter word?! Really?

Don't use it! Just, don't.

So why am I writing this blog post? Aside from ranting about the word, itself, I was made aware of all this from friend and voice actress, BrizzyVoices. Last night she Tweeted that someone she didn't know had called her bae.

Have some respect!

And then it confirmed what we all already knew - behind keyboards, people on the Internet can be disgusting pigs. I fully understand the concept of having an online crush, but just because there's no physical interaction involved, doesn't give anyone the right to treat others like a piece of meat.

Whether it's bae, babe, sweetie, or some other form of endearment, if you aren't in a [real] relationship with the recipient, don't fucking say them! You're not being 'cute', you're not being 'funny'. It's disgusting and you should have some respect.

You wouldn't walk up to someone you don't know on the street and call them baby, so don't do it online.

Oh, and never use bae under and circumstance, even to your significant other. It's a stupid fucking 'word'.

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