Since Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson began their whirlwind romance and quickly got engaged this month, many people have expressed surprise and confusion over the pairing.
Now, however, fans seem satisfied that they know at least one reason the 25-year-old singer is so crazy about her 24-year-old SNL star beau: He is really, really well-endowed.
More than that, though, he has the swagger and unshakable confidence of a man who knows he’s packing — giving rise to the phrase ‘big d**k energy’.
Couple: Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson’s whirlwind romance is earning renewed buzz after the 25-year-old singer let slip some personal details on Twitter
Whoops! Ariana made a remark about the size of Pete’s penis in a tweet that has since been deleted
Wow: Answering a fan who asked ‘How long is Pete’ — referring to the song on her new album by that name — Ariana latched onto the joke and said ’10 inches’
Overnight: Twitter user @𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦vietcong noted that Pete ‘exudes big d**k energy’ — a phrase that has quickly caught on
Ariana is set to release her next album, Sweetner, in August, and several track titles have already been confirmed — including one named ‘Pete’.
On June 21, a fan on Twitter asked: ‘How long is Pete?’
Though it was likely meant to be a double entrendre, the fan quickly followed up with: ‘OH AS IN THE INTERLUDE NOT AS IN…..ANYWAY.’
Ariana, though, took the opportunity to answer the dirtier version of the question, replying: ‘Like 10 inches? …oh f—…i mean…like a lil over a minute.’
The tweet is no longer available, suggesting that Ariana had second thoughts about discussing her fiancé’s penis size publicly — but there was plenty of time for several fans to take screengrabs of it before it disappeared.
Some seemed to see his endowment as an explanation for why Pete and Ariana are together. But one Twitter user named Tina (who tweets under the handle @𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦vietcong) saw it differently, positing that it was the confidence that came with that endowment that made him so attractive.
At ease: ‘Big d**k energy,’ or BDE, describes a confidence associated with being well-endowed
Questions: Musician Diplo asked how he learns whether or not he possesses BDE
BDE: The idea has captured the attention of the internet
Explained: This person spelled out that having BDE means feeling secure enough if one’s masculinity to cry in front of a girlfriend
Energy: A person doesn’t need to have a big penis to have BDE and doesn’t even have to be a man
‘Pete davidson is 6’3 with dark circles, exudes big d**k energy, looks evil but apparently is an angel, and loves his girl publicly the only thing wrong w him is that he’s a scorpio but anyway…..id married him within a month too,’ she wrote.
Within a matter of days, the phrase ‘big d**k energy,’ or BDE, became ubiquitous on social media, with thousands of people tweeting about it — and dozens of media outlets writing about it.
‘Big d**k energy (BDE) is a quiet confidence and ease with oneself that comes from knowing you have just an enormous penis and you know what to do with it,’ explained New York Magazine’s The Cut.
‘Big d**k energy (BDE) is a quiet confidence and ease with oneself that comes from knowing you have just an enormous penis and you know what to do with it,’ explained The Guardian.
Or, as Vice put it: ‘Big d**k energy is not mere confidence — though, a true big d**k energy-haver is usually quietly confident — nor is it overcompensating. It’s a self-assurance that radiates from deep within and can be felt for miles.
Plus Governor Nixon: Several people have made jokes about the idea, like this woman who imagined how the Sex and the City characters would discuss it
Hung: This man joked about a hip pastor using the phrase to get teens excited about Jesus
He’s not wrong: This man things it should have been called ‘je ne sais c**k’
Rings together! Several people also named celebrities and fictional characters they think have BDE
Instantly viral: In a matter of days, the phrase has taken over Twitter
‘It’s an energy that immediately shifts the dynamic of a room. It is not actively seeking out debauchery or pleasure, but having it gravitate toward you.’
Others have pointed out that a man doesn’t actually need to have a big penis to possess BDE — not does a person with BDE actually have to be a man.
The phrase has, understandably, inspired a lot of jokes.
BuzzFeed’s Alp Ozcelik wanted to know, ‘What idiot called it big d**k energy and not je ne sais c**k?’
‘Love In The Time Of Big D**k Energy,’ tweeted another person. A third imagined an ‘extremely cool youth pastor’ trying to get teens excited about Jesus by asking, ‘You know who had real big d**k energy?’
AdWeek’s Sammy Nickalls ingeniously imagined how the characters of Sex and the City would handle the phrase.
Swipe right on that BDE: This woman took a more romantic approach to the idea
He’s great: According to this Twitter user, Cap’n Crunch and Toucan Sam don’t have it, but Tony the Tiger does
The idea has also inspired quite a few thinkpieces on various websites
Take: The Cut says Chris Pine and Chris Evans have it, but Chris Pratt and Chris Hemsworth don’t
Good luck: Pete and Ariana got engaged just a few weeks after they started dating
‘I couldn’t help but wonder…did Mr. Big have Mr. Big D**k Energy?’ she wrote for Carrie — to which Samantha would reply, ‘Is there any other kind of energy?’
Other tweets also split up celebrities and fictional characters into two groups: Those who have BDE and those who do not.
Those who were deemed to have it include Rihanna, Lindsay Lohan, Stephen Colbert, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Cate Blanchett, Justin Bieber, Justin Theroux, and Martha Stewart.
A Kardashian superfan divided up the men of the family, determining that Scott Disick, Lamar Odom, and Tyga all have BDE, but Corey Camble, Travis Scott, and Rob Kardashian don’t.
