What does "Bidend" mean?

[sitifan]

https://imgur.com/jjXo4yl

What does the word "Bidend" mean?

 

[5jj]

The end of Biden?

 

[Flask]

In Bidend, there may also be a play on bid as a verb, cf. bid an end to something, or bid something (to) end ("Let it end").

 

[Tarheel]

Well, it's a made up word. Also, assuming he keeps walking, he will soon be out of sight (end).

 

[Rover_KE]

In Bidend, there may also be a play on bid as a verb, cf. bid an end to something, or bid something (to) end ("Let it end").

Sorry to disagree; I don't see that at all.

 

[SoothingDave]

No, it's nothing to do with "bid." It's a play on "Biden" and "end." Same idea as "Bidenflation."

 

[Flask]

Sorry to disagree; I don't see that at all.

My reasoning was as follows:

1. Bid, not being bolded, as end is, in the form Bidend., can be read as [bɪd] rather than as [bɑɪd].

2. Bid is a verb, and it is not impossible for the verb bid to be followed by a noun like end (cf. bid adieu, bid farewell).

3. Bidend. contains a period (or full stop, if you prefer), which invites a sentential interpretation.

4. Processed as the imperative Bid end, Bidend. would express the sentiment of many, many Americans at the present time.

If this reasoning strikes everyone here as totally unreasonable, so be it, but it continues to make abundant sense to me.

For what it's worth, the actual TIME cover seems not to have had Bidend. at all. I have no idea where Sitifan got this from.

Inside Joe Biden's Debate Disaster

“Joe’s ready to go. He’s prepared,” Jill Biden told the Democratic Party's biggest donors just before the debate.

time.com

 

[emsr2d2]

For what it's worth, the actual TIME cover seems not to have had Bidend. at all. I have no idea where Sitifan got this from.

My guess is that someone online faked it for fun. If you look in the top left-hand corner, it's dated August 5, 2024. Either someone's been travelling in time or they just decided to do a mock-up to get attention.

 

[SoothingDave]

My reasoning was as follows:

1. Bid, not being bolded, as end is, in the form Bidend., can be read as [bɪd] rather than as [bɑɪd].

2. Bid is a verb, and it is not impossible for the verb bid to be followed by a noun like end (cf. bid adieu, bid farewell).

3. Bidend. contains a period (or full stop, if you prefer), which invites a sentential interpretation.

4. Processed as the imperative Bid end, Bidend. would express the sentiment of many, many Americans at the present time.

If this reasoning strikes everyone here as totally unreasonable, so be it, but it continues to make sense to me.

For what it's worth, the actual TIME cover seems not to have had Bidend. at all. I have no idea where Sitifan got this from.

Inside Joe Biden's Debate Disaster

“Joe’s ready to go. He’s prepared,” Jill Biden told the Democratic Party's biggest donors just before the debate.

time.com

It's a meme. You're putting way too much thought into this. They bolded "end" to make it clear they didn't make a typo. That they meant "end."

 

[Flask]

They bolded "end" to make it clear they didn't make a typo. That they meant "end."

Why, then, did they use a period after Panic and Bidend? Is it really so idiotic to read Panic. and Bidend. as sentences?

It's a meme.

Your interpretation is not necessary for it to be a meme. It remains a meme on my interpretation.

 

[teechar]

My guess is that someone online faked it for fun.

Indeed. @sitifan can you please tell us where you found it?

If you look in the top left-hand corner, it's dated August 5, 2024. Either someone's been travelling in time or they just decided to do a mock-up to get attention.

Probably the latter.

 

[SoothingDave]

It's a pretty standard meme format.

 

[emsr2d2]

Why, then, did they use a period after Panic and Bidend? Is it really so idiotic to read Panic. and Bidend. as sentences?

"Panic!" would work as an imperative. Since "Bidend" isn't a real word, I guess it doesn't really matter whether it appears to be a complete sentence or not.

 

[Flask]

"Panic!" would work as an imperative.

That's exactly right. Hold on, though. It is OK for an imperative to end with a period rather than an exclamation point.

Since "Bidend" isn't a real word, I guess it doesn't really matter whether it appears to be a complete sentence or not.

BoldingcanfunctioninnonstandardwrittenEnglishasspacingdoesinstandardwrittenEnglish, setting off separate words.

 

[SoothingDave]

Again, you all are putting way too much thought into a meme and giving way too much credit to its maker for being detail-oriented.

 

[kttlt]

Not a teacher.

I googled the image and it seems the cover is real, but the word Bidend isn't on it. Someone else edited it in (but didn't bother matching the font). Apparently, it's from Time's twitter, and they make their covers in advance, which explains the date.

Of course, I'm not a native speaker, so perhaps it's not my place to judge, but to me it's a pretty lame pun, whatever its meaning may be. Then again, humor is highly subjective.

 

[5jj]

I think this thread has run its useful course.

Thread closed.