{"id":27875,"date":"2014-11-19T10:52:48","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T15:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=27875"},"modified":"2014-11-19T10:52:48","modified_gmt":"2014-11-19T15:52:48","slug":"wheres-the-romance-oxford-dictionaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/wheres-the-romance-oxford-dictionaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Where&#8217;s the Romance, Oxford Dictionaries?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.oxforddictionaries.com\/2014\/11\/oxford-dictionaries-word-year-vape\/\" target=\"_blank\">Oxford Dictionaries<\/a> announced on Monday that the verb &#8220;vape&#8221; is its word of the year. Vape&#8217;s meaning: &#8220;to inhale and exhale the vapour produced by an electronic cigarette or similar device.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m disappointed that the noun&#8221;bae&#8221; &#8212; described oh-so-seriously as &#8220;a term of endearment for one\u2019s romantic partner&#8221; &#8212; missed out. I thought all you needed in this life was love, not e-cigs!<\/p>\n<p>Not familiar with &#8220;bae&#8221;? Then, clearly, you&#8217;re not following my Twitter timeline! I&#8217;m up to here in &#8220;bae&#8221;! Anyway, Time Magazine<a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/3026192\/this-is-what-bae-means\/\" target=\"_blank\"> offered this explanation of the word<\/a> in July when Pharrell&#8217;s video for his song &#8220;Come Get It Bae&#8221; came out.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UfGMj10wOzg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Naturally, I already have a &#8220;BAE&#8221; necklace in my collection.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_27876\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Letter-Necklace-%252d-Small%2C-Silver%2C-Bae\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27876\" class=\"wp-image-27876 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/BAE_S_60__51630_std.jpg\" alt=\"BAE_S_60__51630_std\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/BAE_S_60__51630_std.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/BAE_S_60__51630_std-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/BAE_S_60__51630_std-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-27876\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">$265. Click to purchase.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I do <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/jewel-of-the-month-twerk-it-in-my-twerk-necklace\/\" target=\"_blank\">all<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/jewels-of-the-month-boss-and-bossy-necklaces\/\" target=\"_blank\">the hot<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/zang-toi-jill-abramson-and-the-jewel-of-the-month\/\" target=\"_blank\">words<\/a>! You can browse all my letter necklaces <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/search.php?search_query=letter+necklace&amp;x=0&amp;y=0\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. If you don&#8217;t see what you&#8217;re looking for, holla at me at wbjewelry at hotmail dot com and ask for a custom piece, like the mermaid necklace my gorgeous client Kathy requested.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_27877\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/t0aJG3h9UI\/?modal=true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27877\" class=\"wp-image-27877\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/mermaid.jpg\" alt=\"mermaid\" width=\"498\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/mermaid.jpg 608w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/mermaid-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/mermaid-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-27877\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A mermaid&#8217;s gotta have a mermaid necklace!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Not mermaid material? You can be a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Letter-Necklace-%252d-Small%2C-Silver%2C-GANGSTA\" target=\"_blank\">gangsta<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Letter-Necklace-%252d-Small%2C-Silver%2C-NINJA\" target=\"_blank\">ninja<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Letter-Necklace-%252d-Small%2C-Silver%2C-Pirate\" target=\"_blank\">pirate<\/a> &#8230; or anything else you&#8217;d like to be. I&#8217;ll make sure you&#8217;ve got the right jewelry to represent! <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Oxford Dictionaries announced on Monday that the verb &#8220;vape&#8221; is its word of the year. Vape&#8217;s meaning: &#8220;to inhale and exhale the vapour produced by an electronic cigarette or similar device.&#8221; I&#8217;m disappointed that the noun&#8221;bae&#8221; &#8212; described oh-so-seriously as &#8220;a term of endearment for one\u2019s romantic partner&#8221; &#8212; missed out. I thought all&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/wheres-the-romance-oxford-dictionaries\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43,13],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-27875","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-my-designs","8":"category-necklaces","9":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27875"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27880,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27875\/revisions\/27880"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}