Babe

Some words become repetitive as soon as I start saying them. I am sure this happens to many people. My friend Em just got back from South Africa, and the slang for amazing, crazy or cool over there is HECTIC. So everything is hectic, right? One week I was saying 'Bud' like 'Yeah bud, no problem bud' 'Right on Bud' etc.. Bud quickly turned to Babe and suddenly it's 'turn down the volume babe', 'pass the salt babe'. Translate this to little in the head conversations with whatever crosses my path, like, a car cuts me off at the stop-light and I say to myself 'Yeah, no prob, go ahead there bud.'
What just happened outside is crazy. Hectic. I just called an ant babe. Yes, an ant. I was parking my bike, and I nearly smushed it with my wheel. So i said "Oh, sorry Babe" just as it averted me. Wow. I called an ant babe. Talk about good karma.