1. Term used to describe a good looking woman, usually by men with a rather small IQ;
2. The title of a 1995 movie in which the main character was a talking pig with the same name.
Connect the two above and you get the amount of respect most guys have for women.
1. - Dude, check out the blond babe!
2 Babe: - This is ridiculous, Mom!
Fly: - Nonsense, it's only your first try. But you're treating them like equals. They're sheep, they're inferior.
Babe: - Oh, no they're not.
Fly: - Of course they are. We are their masters, Babe. Let them doubt it for a second and they'll walk all over you. (source: IMDB)
n. Informal; term of endearment used to call a lover. Usually used in a relationship by young people who would like to appear responsible and mature, naive girls, girls who want their boyfriends or sugar daddies to buy them something, cheaters and people overcompensating for a lack of real intimacy.
*Disclaimer: Term has proven to be extremely annoying in 99.9% of the cases mentioned above.
"Babe, you know I didn't sleep with her."
"Babe, I totally care about you, don't you know? Why else would I call you babe?"
"I call him babe because it makes me feel all growed up."
"C'mon baaabbeee, it's only 500 dollars"