terms of endearment (not shirley maclaine)

So, tired of calling my husband “boss”, “chief”, “state comptroller”, “schatz” and “liebchen”, I’m looking for some new and different terms of endearment:

SPECIFICALLY (just to keep this thread under 1,000 pages), terms of endearment in other languages.

I’d love to hear some different German ones (of course), also Dutch or Russian, but lord knows I’m not going to sneeze at portuguese.

Thoughts?

May I suggest:

My SO and I use “Snookie” or, alternatively Schnookums (and Meat - a cartoon).

Or, we have had a good time wandering a grocery store and using assorted food items:

“my little potted meat food product” “my sweet gherkin” and naturally “my cocktail weinie”

The dairy aisle provides us with “imitation pasturized processed cheese food spread” and ‘low-fat yogurt’.

and the produce aisle gives us these favorites:
‘My little Habenero’ (peppers are especially good) ‘colorabi’, or even ‘my favorite kumquat’.

hope this helps! :smiley:

Minet (pron. Mee-nay) “can” mean “Darling” in French. So can Cher(e) (pron. Sh@r).

Of course, don’t tell Serendipity I told you ;), but I always call her “Tummy”.

Hehehe… I love that nickname, and it’s 'cause she’s got the best tummy ever. :wink:

My SO calls me “Il Duce” when I’m feeling full of myself. Or sometimes “Benito”. On these occasions, I obligingly adopt an upright pose, and raise my hands as if greeting the masses from my balcony.

More normally though, I’m either an animal or a food product. Some samples:

Sweet Amphibian
Toad
Hairy Dinner Roll

I call her “Squid”. Don’t ask. I don’t even think I remember how we came up with that one.

Good luck!

“Chulo” (chew-low) is darling, as in “How darling!” for a male

“Guapo” (gwah-poe) is handsome guy

“Suave” (swah-vey) is sexy/cool for a man

“Jefe” (hef-fay) is boss

All these endearments are California/Mexican Spanish words used in my family, with Jefe being the most pleasing to adult males.

Mon petit chou (my little cabbage), is for some reason considered charming.

Kara is Esperanto for “dear”.

Vi estas mia kara kaj mia kora kaj la lumo de mia vivo kaj la trezoro de mia animo.
(You are my darling and my dear and the light of my life and the treasure of my soul.)

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matt_mcl es que suave!
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liebling = darling

hubsch = handsome

liebhaber = lover

Hubby calls me “Lil’ bit” or ‘Sprite.’ I call him sweetie, or Bishop (he looks a bit like Lance Henrikson). But I’m thinking you want something a little more masculine. And in that case, you can’t go wrong with Latin!! :wink:

Magus- wise man.
Geselle - lover.
Dulcissime - sweetest one.
Pretiosa - precious.
Herus - master.

Of course, then you have to get him to call you ‘domicella’ (mistress). :slight_smile:

That help at all?

-BK

Darling = Tesoro

Sweet Cheeks = Dolci Guancie

My Heart = Il mio cuore

Love Muffin = Focaccina Di Amore

Love = amore

Sex God = dio del sesso

My Little Sausage = Mia piccola salsiccia

Pasta Angel = Angelo Della Pasta

Boss = Sporgenza

Chief = Capo