# List your terms of endearment . . . I need new ones! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 23, 2003, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-terms-of-endearment-i-need-new-ones/203322 "2003-09-23T14:28:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Papaveraceae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e8c25b/32.png) [@Papaveraceae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Papaveraceae)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-terms-of-endearment-i-need-new-ones/203322/21 "2003-09-23T21:14:06Z")
I forgot one… Master. I too, have issues. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-terms-of-endearment-i-need-new-ones/203322/22 "2003-09-23T21:33:41Z")
Sweetie Pookie Bébé ---
**Author:** ![DaToad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@DaToad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaToad)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-terms-of-endearment-i-need-new-ones/203322/23 "2003-09-23T21:40:30Z")
I call her “Killer” most of the time. I also call her: Honey and Sweetie Baby Doll Brat Baby Red (she has red hair) Slim Skinny butt Stretch Legs She calls me Angel or Honey most of the time. ---
**Author:** ![cichlidiot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f9b8f/32.png) [@cichlidiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cichlidiot)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-terms-of-endearment-i-need-new-ones/203322/24 "2003-09-23T21:40:39Z")
He calls me: Monkey I call him: Peanut I never realized there was actually a connection between the two, until I read this thread. I’m an observant one all right. ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-terms-of-endearment-i-need-new-ones/203322/25 "2003-09-23T21:43:02Z")
I am disappointed that not one endearment thus far has involved the word “monkey”. Too trite? ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-terms-of-endearment-i-need-new-ones/203322/26 "2003-09-23T21:44:17Z")
Shmoopy or Mumpy. Mr. TeaElle and I are really sickening, I admit it openly. ---
**Author:** ![curlybacon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@curlybacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlybacon)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-terms-of-endearment-i-need-new-ones/203322/27 "2003-09-23T21:51:31Z")
> [@](#): > > I don’t get “treacle” . . . never really thought about it… its really sweet (although also thick and sticky and black - left over sugar cane stuff I think)… so i guess that’s why… maybe, it just always sounds cute!! ---
**Author:** ![lucky\_henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc8723/32.png) [@lucky\_henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lucky_henry)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-terms-of-endearment-i-need-new-ones/203322/28 "2003-09-23T23:50:56Z")
I call her “sweet fart” She calls me “duckling” (phonetically, “duck ling” means “monkey’s ass” in Thai. ---
**Author:** ![sunstone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunstone/32/3372_2.png) [@sunstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunstone)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-terms-of-endearment-i-need-new-ones/203322/29 "2003-09-24T00:22:38Z")
I call her “my little pumpkin”…or kumquat…or other fruit. Or “My love” or “honey” or “Blender” She calls me “dearest” or “Stud” ---
**Author:** ![StanDup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@StanDup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StanDup)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-terms-of-endearment-i-need-new-ones/203322/30 "2003-09-24T00:38:30Z")
Sweetie Tootsie-pie Sugarbob Funkybunch ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-terms-of-endearment-i-need-new-ones/203322/31 "2003-09-24T01:53:19Z")
I’ve taken to calling people **“poodle”** like Karen on _Will and Grace._ And one of those people has taken to calling me “sweet shit” in response. Oh and **auntie em** , I started calling all my cats Monkey a few months ago. I still use their names once in while, but calling them all “monkey” is just more fun. ---
**Author:** ![skeptic\_ev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@skeptic\_ev](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skeptic_ev)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-terms-of-endearment-i-need-new-ones/203322/32 "2003-09-24T02:01:43Z")
Sessy Honey bunny His first name with an “ey” stuck on the end of it ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-terms-of-endearment-i-need-new-ones/203322/33 "2003-09-24T03:36:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by skittles \* > \*\*Another “Sweetie” user here. I call him Sweetie, he calls me Sweetie - makes it easy to remember! \*\* Similarly, I call her “Sweetie”, she calls me “Sweetie”. For more intimate moments, she’s “my precious treasure”, and she replies by addressing me as “my sweet darling”. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-terms-of-endearment-i-need-new-ones/203322/34 "2003-09-24T03:54:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gorgon Heap \* > \*\*Punk. \*\* Strange, I call my girlfriend Punky, or if I’m feeling Snoop doggish, P bizzle. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-terms-of-endearment-i-need-new-ones/203322/35 "2003-09-24T04:04:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Amp \* > \*\*I used to be her **Chipmunk** and she used to be my **Angel**. Now she’s **That Fucking Bitch That Ruined My Life** and I’m **The Asshole Who Didn’t Understand Her Or Her Needs**. \*\* I know where you’re at, because I’ve been where ya been. ---
**Author:** ![lilbtagna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@lilbtagna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilbtagna)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-terms-of-endearment-i-need-new-ones/203322/36 "2003-09-24T04:08:42Z")
Oh yeah, I also call my boyfriend “punky monkey” on occasion. 😃 After calling him a doodle bug once, he called me a rhinoceros beetle. ---
**Author:** ![jormundgondir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@jormundgondir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jormundgondir)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-terms-of-endearment-i-need-new-ones/203322/37 "2003-09-24T04:10:44Z")
sweety my lil porkchop schmoopy bear pooter darlin mein gepeck sweetmeat pooky my sun, my moon, my shooting star, my arabian sunset doll chunky monkey ---
**Author:** ![Nvme77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Nvme77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nvme77)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-terms-of-endearment-i-need-new-ones/203322/38 "2003-09-24T04:16:34Z")
I like poopie face (for him) But the good ones are from Movies “Boo Boo Kitty Fuck” from Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back and “Sugar Booger” From Jimmy Neutron ---
**Author:** ![Sinshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Sinshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinshine)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-terms-of-endearment-i-need-new-ones/203322/39 "2003-09-24T04:57:50Z")
farglestabbeed … no? 😃 had to try… Monkey: reserved for the little poeple of my acquaintance. **Ginger of the North** may well recall instructing me not to refer to her son as such, because, um, well, I can’t remember why, really. But she calls me Lizard. Cariad, for an old flame Miele, from another old flame Kiddo, from the current beau (who is a year younger than I am) La Loba, from a friend of my parents ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-terms-of-endearment-i-need-new-ones/203322/40 "2003-09-24T08:09:08Z")
I don’t have an SO, but sometimes my good friends and I will use terms of endearment on one another. Honey / Hon Kitten Sweetie Sweetheart Love Darling Dear Dearest There was the time this one friend tried to call me “muffin,” “egg tart,” and “kummelweck.” Let’s just say it didn’t flly very far with me. Although now that I think about it, I could be convinced to let him call me “muffin” on the very odd occasion. (he did call me “precious” a couple of times) I always liked what Mr. Bhaer uses on Jo in the _Little Women_ books… “heart’s dearest.” Never used that one myself, though. Then again, my friend Billy calls his wife “Smella.” 🙂 F\_X [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-terms-of-endearment-i-need-new-ones/203322.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-terms-of-endearment-i-need-new-ones/203322.md?page=3)