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title: "BB · GenZ Decoded"
description: "BB: Short for babe or baby, used affectionately, often for friends. Example: \"You good, bb?\" Meaning, Gen Z usage, and related slang."
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# BB

Gen Z[#dating](https://genzdecoded.com/slang-for/dating/)

**Meaning.** Short for babe or baby, used affectionately, often for friends.

See it in a sentence

You good, bb?

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z · this one

    BB,[BBG](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/bbg/)

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial

    [fam](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/fam/)

- Gen X

    [homeslice](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/homeslice/)

- Boomer

    [baby](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/baby/),[pal](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/pal/)

- Plain English

    babe or baby, used affectionately, often for friends

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## Related slang

- [attention whore](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/attention-whore/): A hostile term for someone the speaker thinks deliberately provokes reactions to be noticed.
- [bae](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/bae/): A romantic partner; a term of endearment shortened from babe, popular in the early 2010s.
- [BDE](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/bde/): Big d--- energy: an air of relaxed, quiet, unbothered confidence.
- [beige flag](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/beige-flag/): A quirky but harmless trait in a partner that is neither good nor bad.

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