Remember those walls I built/Well, baby. . . they're still there

Today's random list consists of things strangers have called me recently. Good times. Seriously, DC is the worst place I have lived in terms of street harassment (I acknowledge that Minneapolis isn't probably a good point of comparison; usually it's too cold). Most of these had modifiers.

• Babe
• Baby
• Chicka
• Child
• Honey
• Lady
• Mama
• Miss
• White girl

I've also been told to work it a few times lately, which always confuses me; it's too vague. The one that really confuses me, though is simmer down. That's happened twice, and I just don't get it. What does it mean?

Another one I don't understand is fine. To me, fine sort of means okay/all right/average. As in, "how are you?" "oh, fine." How is it possible to be super fine?