Is the word "babe" banned from EN World?

[Camarath]

lady

I think perhapse you should watch your language around here. I for one find your conceits about nobility and the supposed inherent superiority of certain social (and perhaps ethnic) groups to be highly offensive and demeaning.

 

[Hypersmurf]

Wil, don't be obstreperous.

Ooh, good word.

There's a short story by Ray Aldridge called "Obscurocious", though, and I have to say, that's an even cooler word

-Hyp.

 

[jdavis]

can we make up some silly word to replace babe with like pron replaced porn? How about Abbe, then we could all be cool and in the know and be showing the man, viva le revolution.

 

[Piratecat]

It might be too close to Abba. *shudder* Good otherwise.

 

[Hypersmurf]

It might be too close to Abba. *shudder* Good otherwise.

If you turn "babe" upside-down, you get "aqeq".

Which isn't as cool as if it were "apep", the ancient Egyptian spirit of evil and destruction, but you can't have everything.

-Hyp.

 

[Grazzt]

babe
n.
1. A baby; an infant.
2. An innocent or naive person.
3. Slang. A young woman.
4. Informal. Sweetheart; dear. Used as a term of endearment

 

[Heretic Apostate]

As someone who was arguing for closing the thread...

Pretty much, I felt that the thread had served its purpose. It announced the inclusion of new photos for the gallery.

The thread then asked for people to discuss the photos. This, I felt, was unnecessary. Comments are always allowed behind each photo in the gallery, and thus people know exactly which photo is being commented upon.

Then the thread had an invasion from another forum.

Then the thread had some comments about the appropriateness of the term "babe."

To me, the people attacking AQ and the people questioning the stereotyping became blurred. I felt the thread had become a flame-magnet, and so I suggested closing it.

And so I closed it...

(Okay, so a mod closed it. But I thunked him into doing it!! )

 

[jdavis]

If you turn "babe" upside-down, you get "aqeq".

Which isn't as cool as if it were "apep", the ancient Egyptian spirit of evil and destruction, but you can't have everything.

-Hyp.

Yea go with "apep" as cool is more important than people knowing what you are talking about. "hot apep action, it's the new pron".

 

[hong]

babe
n.
1. A baby; an infant.
2. An innocent or naive person.
3. Slang. A young woman.
4. Informal. Sweetheart; dear. Used as a term of endearment

Yes, dear.

 

[LightPhoenix]

It might be too close to Abba. *shudder* Good otherwise.

That's the first thought I had looking at the word too.