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Speaker 1: We live in a society where there is so much

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going on all at one time. How are you expected

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to keep up? Arrow dot netre dot net not one podcast.

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There are seventeen to choose from because it deals with

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everyday life and how we are moving through it. Aro

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dot net. Thank you so much for your support. I

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like asking questions. The fun begins when you start researching

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for answers, such as when did the word baby or

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babe become a term of endearment? Plus how can such

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a term become an unacceptable expression? My name is Arrow.

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I'm a daily writer, a silent wolf. I stand on

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the sidelines and do nothing but watch, listen, study, then activate.

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I happen to call it the daily Mess, a chronological

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walk through an everyday world. Yeah, it's my morning writing

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as a receiver of thoughts and ideas. We as people

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tend to throw things to the side because we think

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we're going to deal with it later on, and then

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we start binge watching TV. Yeah, I'll get a to it.

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When a subject arrives inside of me, I know it's

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time to dig in. It's still keeping that daily journal,

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but by doing the research, the picture becomes clearer. This

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is the Daily Mess. When did the word baby or

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babe become a term of endearment? We've all heard it

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or physically put it into action. I love you so much, baby, Babe,

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we got plans and babe, it's all about you. Baby

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being used as a term of endearment actually started in

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the seventeenth century, becoming even more popular through two centuries

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of travel. It was the poets and playwrights who generated

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the shift in conversation, Shakespeare leading the way when using

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the word babe tenderly, But it really didn't get into

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our normal way of speaking until it reached beyond love

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letters and songs. In fact, some of those early day

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songs nineteen twenty five, Yes, sir, that's my baby. By

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the mid to late twentieth century, it was seen as

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the number one endearment in the English language, becoming something

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as simple as casual slang. So when did the word

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baby or babe become a term of endearment? One hundred

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years ago? But can such a word get a person

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in trouble? Oh, hey, babe, We're going to cover that next. Hey,

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thanks for coming back to the Daily Mess. With the

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word babe or baby becoming a true form of expression

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in our way of speaking. Why has the term of

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endearment also evolved into something that's offensive. Well, it all

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depends on how it's being used, context, tone, and relationship.

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Calling a person babe or baby is highly acceptable if

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there's an authentic relationship, but some believe using it as

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a conversation starter is a solid I don't think so

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when it comes to conversations that are patronizing and being disrespectful.

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Babe and baby imply closeness, attraction as well as affection.

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If the person receiving the word doesn't feel the same,

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you should expect some friction. Babe and baby are looked

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upon as being sexist, although older people see it and

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accept it as being ma it's just normal friendliness. Knock

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it off. That's not true. When it comes to the

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younger coworkers and friends, it's seen as flirtatious or ooh, creepy.

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It's also a term used to talk down to someone. Yo, Babe,

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you're listening, babe, I'm over here, babe. It's my way, babe,

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or you gotta go ooh oh, oh oh oh. Just

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because you don't think it harms people think again, I'm

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marrow and that's the daily mess