So what’s the other usage of “so babygirl”? Well, you know gen Z they like to subvert a trend as soon as they invent it, meaning “so babygirl” has also been used to compliment the “miserable antihero in his 40s” you find attractive. “It actually is being used in a positive way, like you’re highlighting favourable qualities in a man,” Prof Sylvia Sierra of Syracuse University told Grazia.Īnd is it … sexual? It can be? There’s a BDSM usage of babygirl. Isn’t that a bit demeaning? Yes, but it’s also a way of celebrating the softer side of these men.

Other classic “so babygirl” candidates include Harry Styles and the South Korean superstar Jimin. There is a conventional usage that does mean cute, but also slightly naive: “A man who is very cutesy in a slightly submissive way,” says Rolling Stone. If Elordi is babygirl, I suppose it means attractive? It’s a bit more complicated than that. Why are we talking about it now? Well, Jacob Elordi (he of Euphoria, Saltburn, extreme tallness and cheekbones fame) hosted the most recent episode of the US topical comedy show Saturday Night Live and one skit involved his co-host, Renée Rapp, and SNL cast member Bowen Yang describing him as “so babygirl”, to Elordi’s comic confusion. What is “so babygirl”? It’s a gen Z term of endearment, sort of. TikTok, you say? Yes, and fandom generally.Īnother rigorously intellectual conversation beckons, I see.

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