• Plum@lemmy.worldM
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    2 months ago

    Following the popularization of the term relating to (Pete) Davidson another Twitter user took credit for coining the phrase pointing to a comment they had made two weeks beforehand mourning the death of Anthony Bourdain.

    Has BDE only existed since 2018?

    • dantheclamman@lemmy.worldOPM
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      2 months ago

      I feel like other similar expressions have been around for a long time. But maybe was only popularized in that formulation in 2018