BDE
BDE (noun) means Quiet, unforced confidence: the relaxed self-assurance of someone who does not need attention or approval and is not trying to prove anything. Example: “She walked into the interview late, unbothered, radiating BDE.”
How to use BDE
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishBeing calmly confident without showing off.
Internet slang, mildly crude because of what the letters stand for; fine in casual conversation, not in formal writing.
BDE is a compliment about attitude, not appearance, and can describe a woman just as easily as a man.
Trace the full origin ↓Fill the gap
Can you complete this real example?
She walked into the interview late, unbothered, radiating _____.
Etymology
An initialism of big dick energy. Despite the phrase, the quality it names is a manner rather than anything anatomical, and it is applied to people of any gender.
