noun
Internet Slang
BDE
· noun · internet
Big dick energy — quiet, unbothered confidence that doesn't need to announce itself.
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Definitions
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The aura of someone so secure in themselves they don't perform it. Not arrogance, not swagger — the opposite. Calm, low-volume, nothing to prove. Anyone of any gender can have it; in fact the joke is often that the people with the most BDE are the ones you'd never expect.
“She walked in late, ordered a black coffee, didn't apologise — pure BDE.”
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Used as a compliment for a piece of work, an outfit, a comeback — anything that lands without trying too hard.
“That two-word reply to his essay-length text was BDE behaviour.”
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BDE In A Sentence
She walked in late, ordered a black coffee, didn't apologise — pure BDE.
That two-word reply to his essay-length text was BDE behaviour.
Origin & Usage
Coined in a viral June 2018 tweet by @imbobswaget reacting to Ariana Grande hinting at Pete Davidson's anatomy. The phrase escaped Twitter within days and got the full New Yorker / Vox treatment by July.
Variants
big dick energy
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