Terms of Endearment (not the movie, but actual endearments)

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There must be a million of these.

- my little passion flower
- lambie pie
- sweetheart
- snugglepuss
- my little cabbage leaf
- sugar buns

We don't just use them for our lovers, but also for our young children.

- punkin
- kidderoo
- lil squirt

I'm interested most in the terms you actually use in real life to people you love, or terms you have heard used in real life situations - as opposed to the ones you heard on tv, read in a book, or those you make up as a joke to mock this thread, my little mockingbirds.

So let's hear it. (BTW, we use them for our pets, too, and those are acceptable here as well.)

― Aimless (Aimless), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 19:32 (nineteen years ago)

monkey
li'l
kid
punk
poppet

actually, any word that pops into my head - but those frequently do.

― Dave will do (dave225.3), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 19:37 (nineteen years ago)

Sweet pea

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 19:38 (nineteen years ago)

I like 'poppet' but have never had the courage to try it out. It would probably just sound sarcastic.

Couples who use lots of terms of endearment fill me with disgust. Perhaps I am just jealous.

I think some people are just so endearing that you can't speak to them without using terms of endearment. But using them arbitrarily is bad and annoying.

I sometimes call my sister 'kitten', but that is because she really reminds me of a kitten.

― Cathy (Cathy), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 19:44 (nineteen years ago)

I think that every single time I've ever used a TOE, it's been veiled contempt.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 19:53 (nineteen years ago)

gobot

― My Psychic Friends Are Strangely Silent (Ex Leon), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 19:54 (nineteen years ago)

People who call each other 'Babe' in public make me wanna break stuff.

― stu (stu), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 20:32 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.gregsgrooves.com/imagess-z/sonny_cher_look.jpg

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 20:33 (nineteen years ago)

stu, what about people who answer their phones "hiya babes"?

― Cathy (Cathy), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 20:36 (nineteen years ago)

"dude"

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 20:39 (nineteen years ago)

fag

― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 20:40 (nineteen years ago)

I haven't used many TsOE romantically, but platonically there's: punkin, kitten, kid(s), dear, ducks, babe, luv, my little tuff pastry, sweetpea, lambkin. I, too, love "poppet", will have to see if I can work it in.

Used on me: petal, lola, lulu, petunia, kid.

― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 20:40 (nineteen years ago)

OMG, how could I forget "doll" -- use it all the time.

― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 20:42 (nineteen years ago)

The one I use for my beloved, meted out once a year as a code name of sorts: panserbjorne. Which suits him. I used to refer to him as "my particular favorite" (rather than boyfriend), but my daughter put a stop to that.

My children, when small, were known as "beekers", after the muppet show character. On our blog, the collective offspring are now referred to as i principi and le principesse.

― Jaq (Jaq), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 20:46 (nineteen years ago)

Hey, diggin' those threads Sonny.

― stu (stu), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 20:52 (nineteen years ago)

"jackson"

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 21:00 (nineteen years ago)

Darlinghissima
Minx
Vampette
Kire chan

― M. White (Miguelito), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 21:07 (nineteen years ago)

Sick cunt

― Mil (Mil), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 22:13 (nineteen years ago)

hubby:
sweetie
hon/honey
peach

kid (all of above plus):
sweetpea
pork chop
mijito

― teeny (teeny), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 23:13 (nineteen years ago)

i love endearment. i try to invent some new terms sometimes, just to keep things fresh. that said, here are names i use (or hear) fairly regularly:

sweet _____ (cheeks, meat, cakes, baby, etc.)
baby
lover (sometimes mockingly, sometimes not)
sweet pea
sugar ____ (cake & lips are most frequent)

― Sweet Tater (kelstarry), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 23:19 (nineteen years ago)

my dog:

little bad manny
my rotten one
the tiny little gentleman in the white woollen coat

― estela (estela), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 23:22 (nineteen years ago)

My mother always called me honey girl or honey child (sometimes honey chile). But I'm lazy so everyone is just honey or sweetie.

― Rebekkah (burntbrat), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 23:23 (nineteen years ago)

This thread made me remember Don't Ever Call Your Sweetheart By His Name. Esp. sugarlips, because of rhyming with motorhips :)

― Jaq (Jaq), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 23:27 (nineteen years ago)

This thread made me realise I'm nauseating:

Checkens
Chickarnis
Little bee
Pickle/sweet pickle
Punkass
Creature
Pippin
Egg
coconutcake

Some are used for specific people, so are sort of nicknames, really. Coconutcake stopped being used when I realised that my 9-year-old nephew would probably not like it as much as he might have when he was 2.

― Zoe Espera (Espera), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 23:41 (nineteen years ago)

one year passes...

Peanut