# "Special" Nicknames For Your SO's? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 14, 2012, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-nicknames-for-your-sos/618721 "2012-04-14T00:32:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-nicknames-for-your-sos/618721/1 "2012-04-14T00:32:39Z")
Would y’all feel comfortable sharing those with me/us? Want me to start? Okay, I will… I call **Dondra** my “Little”. I know that’s an adjective and I nouned it up, but that’s what I like to call her. The rest of her names are the normal, “Honey”, “Baby”, “Sweetie”… **D** has always led a "sheltered life’ (we’re total opposites in character), so other than “Baby”, that’s all I get. Not even “Studmuffin”. :(😉 How about you guys and ladies? Q ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Accident](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Mr.Accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Accident)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-nicknames-for-your-sos/618721/2 "2012-04-14T00:42:57Z")
Butt-munch, brat, slut, butthead. This is the first relationship my girl friend has been in that wasn’t very abusive. She enjoys the fact that we can call each other names without getting hurt or angry. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-nicknames-for-your-sos/618721/3 "2012-04-14T01:00:53Z")
Those can be good nicks, if spoken lovingly enough. I can’t imagine either of you yelling "Ohhhhh **Butt-munch** when you’re doing the “horizontal bop”, however. 😉 If I may be so bold as to state that!🙂 Q ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Accident](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Mr.Accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Accident)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-nicknames-for-your-sos/618721/4 "2012-04-14T01:38:51Z")
Heh, nope. She doesn’t call out any names during sex, and I’m silent as a ninja, so I don’t call out anything either. We do use the normal nicknames too. ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-nicknames-for-your-sos/618721/5 "2012-04-14T02:54:14Z")
> [@Mr.Accident](#): > > … and I’m silent as a ninja So how many kids do you have? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-nicknames-for-your-sos/618721/6 "2012-04-14T03:20:28Z")
Chickadee (#1 with a bullet - I use this more than all the others _and_ her real name combined); Little Fish; Honeywife; Pixie Feet/Toes/Hair; Twitchy/Nekkid/Meanie Butt; Lump (only when she’s in the bed); Lovey Bear – I’ll just say “Etc.” from here, rather than drag this on. We’re real big on the pet names at my house. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-nicknames-for-your-sos/618721/7 "2012-04-14T06:00:02Z")
We don’t really do the pet name thing. Sometimes we call each other by our IRC nicks though. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-nicknames-for-your-sos/618721/8 "2012-04-14T07:48:59Z")
Butthead from me. Said in a loving voice just before I hang up on him. Its our joke, say that i’m going to hang up when he tells me that he has just eaten fresh from the sea seafood. Sweatheart from him. One typo can last for years 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@Rala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rala)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-nicknames-for-your-sos/618721/9 "2012-04-14T08:08:20Z")
She calls me Annie, Spock, Stella, Little Aussie, Melissa, Liss and cupcake. I’m not much for nicknames, I just use the usual endearments - honey, sweetie, darling, love (and dear if I’m teasing her) and a shortened version of her name. ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-nicknames-for-your-sos/618721/10 "2012-04-14T11:32:46Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > I call **Dondra** my “Little”. I know that’s an adjective and I nouned it up … And now you’re verbing nouns, you grammatical vandal. Mrs. Simmons is sometimes referred to by me as “Bubbles”. I don’t think I’m allowed to share the story behind that with the general public. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-nicknames-for-your-sos/618721/11 "2012-04-14T12:36:04Z")
Rosebud!!! ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-nicknames-for-your-sos/618721/12 "2012-04-14T13:06:45Z")
Butt-munch and precious little angel, but that one is said dripping with glurge. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Accident](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Mr.Accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Accident)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-nicknames-for-your-sos/618721/13 "2012-04-14T13:53:20Z")
> [@PandaBear77](#): > > So how many kids do you have? 🙂 None yet. I’m just not a noise maker. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-nicknames-for-your-sos/618721/14 "2012-04-14T21:15:56Z")
We typically don’t do pet names for each other, but if he’s getting all up in my mix, I’ll call him “hoss” and he knows he’d better step off! ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-nicknames-for-your-sos/618721/15 "2012-04-14T21:27:38Z")
I call him bad toad. There’s a story, but it’s boring to anyone else. ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-nicknames-for-your-sos/618721/16 "2012-04-14T22:33:13Z")
In French, people sometimes use “mon chou” (my cabbage) as a term of endearment. I’m not much into terms of endearment, but I do sometimes call my guy “mon chou-fleur” (my cauliflower), but it’s in affectionate jest. ---
**Author:** ![Zjestika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/8edcca/32.png) [@Zjestika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zjestika)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-nicknames-for-your-sos/618721/17 "2012-04-15T04:04:36Z")
I call my husband Potato and Handsinpants. Potato is from Sweet Potato, Handsinpants is me just saying what I see. He doesn’t really have any for me besides baby, sweetie, etc. Although he’s been calling me Moneyslut lately. I’m finding it amusing how many nicknames sound pretty mean out of context. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-nicknames-for-your-sos/618721/18 "2012-04-15T04:33:49Z")
These are really great, thanks! In addition, I sometimes _say_ stuff: “Are you the sweetest baby I’ve ever seen in the whole wide world?” Answer: “Yep” Me: “Who said?” Answer: “You did!” And that’s when the fun begins… 🙂 And sometimes it doesn’t. Sometimes it’s just me encircling her waist from behind and telling/asking her all those things. And sometimes that’s enough. Q ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-nicknames-for-your-sos/618721/19 "2012-04-15T04:42:43Z")
_The corpse I hid._ I’ve said too much. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-nicknames-for-your-sos/618721/20 "2012-04-15T22:27:42Z")
MyMisiu when he’s nice Osiol when he acts it I don’t like generic pet names. It makes me think a person has so many lovers that they use pet names to keep from calling one of them by the wrong name.