Disclaimer: the slang word for babe in English almost certainly comes, as it seems, from babe as in a baby, meaning young, attractive???, and talking incoherently, and is in the same vein as many diminutive expressions for women that infantilizes and simultaneously sexualizes them.
HOWEVER
“English word babe comes from Proto-Indo-European *bʰāt-, and later Proto-Germanic *bō- (A stem meaning father, brother, close male relation.)”
it’s funny because there’s a place in Syria called Straight Street, which contains the word “straight”, which happens to be the topic of our conversation
I had a relation that went by “Babe” as a nickname, even his sons- and daughters-in-law called him that, the father/brother term is where it came from.
I mean when you think about the word literally yeah but I’d argue that’s now entirely normalised so the connotations aren’t exactly as lewd anymore vs say calling someone “daddy” or “kitten” or “mommy” for example 🤣
calling an adult human “babe” or “baby” is quite weird regardless of gender, unless I’m missing some etymology
Disclaimer: the slang word for babe in English almost certainly comes, as it seems, from babe as in a baby, meaning young, attractive???, and talking incoherently, and is in the same vein as many diminutive expressions for women that infantilizes and simultaneously sexualizes them.
HOWEVER
“English word babe comes from Proto-Indo-European *bʰāt-, and later Proto-Germanic *bō- (A stem meaning father, brother, close male relation.)”
Checkmate straight men.
You’ve dealt a crushing blow to straight culture with this.
no, not my precious straight culture
I’m sorry, it needed to be put down 😞 would you like the ashes?
yes, I will spread them on Straight Street in Syria
it’s funny because there’s a place in Syria called Straight Street, which contains the word “straight”, which happens to be the topic of our conversation
best regards,
grain
Dear GrainEater,
I hope this correspondence finds you well.
Thank you for the explanation, that’s answered many of my questions.
I hope you and the herd are doing well.
Kind regards,
Ratto
I had a relation that went by “Babe” as a nickname, even his sons- and daughters-in-law called him that, the father/brother term is where it came from.
I always hated that term…
I mean when you think about the word literally yeah but I’d argue that’s now entirely normalised so the connotations aren’t exactly as lewd anymore vs say calling someone “daddy” or “kitten” or “mommy” for example 🤣
of course, the practical meaning is no longer just “human child”
“daddy” is really weird, though
What about “Kitten”?
Daddy’s waiting in discord VC kitten, don’t make him wait 🤣
I prefer “rodent”
Example plz. Can you use it in a sexy sentence?
Yes, I can
Can you type it into a comment replying to this one?
I can definitely do that
I like being called Daddy.
No I can’t explain it and yes it feels weird.
as far as kinks go, that’s still very mild
as long as the person doing the daddy-calling isn’t not acting like an adult
Of course. If I was a pedophile I’d be a Republican or a Trotskyist.
to be fair, there are plenty of those in the “”“Democratic”“” Party as well