It's no secret that the Russian language is constantly undergoing various kinds of modifications. Old words are phased out or replaced by others. Also in our lives come the so-called neologisms - words borrowed from other languages, slangs and jargons.
New appeal
Today, often we can hear the word "rebzy" on the Internet or on the street. What does it mean? Most often, this word is used as a greeting and replaces the word "guys."
In this case, the appeal will sound like this: "Rebza, hello! Let's go hang out today?" This appeal is used mainly among young people and is intended to reduce the original word "guys". Such a tendency to reduce words, their transformation into brighter and louder is not new for our language. Similar metamorphoses occurred with the words "hello", "please" and many others.
Jargon or youth slang?
So what is a "baby"? Jargon or still youth slang? It is generally accepted that this is exclusively an element of speech of adolescents. However, some sources claim that this reduction began in the first half of the twentieth century in prisons.
Nevertheless, the "rebz" has gained great popularity precisely in relation to young people. There are also cases when this word refers to a small child. And also for the sake of contraction.
Slang word in literature and media
In modern literature, this word is also sometimes found in character dialogs. Of course, in this case it has nothing to do with pure Russian literary speech and is used solely to colorize and convey the atmosphere.
The word is also appropriate in personal friendly correspondence on the Internet, where most of these abbreviations and modifications are present.
More freely the word is used on the Internet, appearing in blogs, articles and commercials. It definitely gives the text freedom and simplicity. Authors using it show their audience that they are following trends and getting closer. However, this word is completely unacceptable in official and business, as well as scientific and literary speech. What is a "baby", most likely, people of the older generation will not understand.
In the entire history of the Russian language, this is not the first word that has gained popularity among young people, and perhaps it will go out of fashion just like everyone else, and others will replace it. The Russian language is easily modified, it is universal, and this is its huge advantage. Therefore, do not worry about its purity and correctness, avoiding such reductions. After all, this is only a wave of fashion, and pure literary language does not disappear because of such words.