# Terms of endearment. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 21, 2005, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terms-of-endearment/309219 "2005-06-21T16:31:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terms-of-endearment/309219/1 "2005-06-21T16:31:05Z")
Dear. Sweetheart. Honey. Darlin’. Babe. Sweet words when they are being whispered in your ear by a loved one. Which among us wouldn’t agree? **BUT NOT AT THE FUCKING OFFICE YOU TRAILER PARK, WHITE TRASH, BACK STABBING, CONIVING, MANIPULATIVE CUNT!!!** In case you haven’t noticed, we’re in a business setting. I know you really like your “work friends”. I know how tight you are with them. But please, for the sake of all that’s descent. For those of us who don’t need to get up one another’s crotches to communicate effectively and get things done. Would you please knock off that tooth rotting, sugary sweet, irritatingly fake little habit you’ve picked up?!! It may be appropriate in a whore house but not here. ---
**Author:** ![sunfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@sunfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunfish)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terms-of-endearment/309219/2 "2005-06-21T16:36:34Z")
Aww, what’s the matter Punkin, coffee too bitter this morning? 😃 Seriously, I know where you’re coming from, although I daresay it’s not a phenomenon limited to “trailer park white trash.” ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terms-of-endearment/309219/3 "2005-06-21T16:40:37Z")
[nitpick Conniving has two “n”'s I believe.] But overall, a hearty **10** to the rant sweetie. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terms-of-endearment/309219/4 "2005-06-21T16:46:35Z")
Sounds like somebody needs a hug. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terms-of-endearment/309219/5 "2005-06-21T16:49:05Z")
So is Boo Boo Kitty Fuck okay? ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terms-of-endearment/309219/6 "2005-06-21T16:49:14Z")
> [@UncleBeer](#): > > Sounds like somebody needs a hug. Sounds, in fact, like somebody’s got a case of the Mondays. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terms-of-endearment/309219/7 "2005-06-21T16:52:38Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Sweetheart. > > Honey. > > Darlin’. > > Babe. The older I get, the happier I am that women that I hardly know address me with words like that – just to be nice to me, not for any ulterior motive. If the worst name that **QuickSilver** has been given is “Babe”, I’ll broaden his life experience: Idiot! ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terms-of-endearment/309219/8 "2005-06-21T16:54:53Z")
:smack: E tu, dopers? ---
**Author:** ![Greathouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greathouse/32/2992_2.png) [@Greathouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greathouse)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terms-of-endearment/309219/9 "2005-06-21T16:55:02Z")
Hell Yeah! You tell 'em, Sgt. Harddick! Don’t take any shit off your cow-workers. ---
**Author:** ![Tiggrkitty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tiggrkitty/32/17966_2.png) [@Tiggrkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiggrkitty)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terms-of-endearment/309219/10 "2005-06-21T17:10:35Z")
Ugh. We have a woman here at our office that refers to everyone as “sweetie”. Problem is, no one can stand to be around her and she back stabs the crap out of you. So you can imagine how much hostility is created by the bitch. Pet names belong to loved ones or very close friends, not in for people you work with. ---
**Author:** ![THespos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@THespos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/THespos)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terms-of-endearment/309219/11 "2005-06-21T17:10:42Z")
Well, it beats “Hey you!” even if it is annoyingly fake. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terms-of-endearment/309219/12 "2005-06-21T17:15:55Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > But please, for the sake of all that’s descent Maybe she says these things because she wants to go down on you. ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terms-of-endearment/309219/13 "2005-06-21T17:18:46Z")
My standard name holders are “hon” or “buddy”. I can see how one might assume that this is an artificial and manipulative habit designed to engender good will. The truth, however, is that I simply can’t be bothered to learn your name, and you’re lucky I deigned to speak to you at all… Okay, hon? ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terms-of-endearment/309219/14 "2005-06-21T17:21:40Z")
Is everything okay [my little brown starfish](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6280481&postcount=12)? ---
**Author:** ![5que](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/3bc359/32.png) [@5que](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5que)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terms-of-endearment/309219/15 "2005-06-21T17:25:52Z")
Well, we’ve got someone who calls everyone “Luv.” But she’s from London, so it’s kind of cute, in the Monty-Python-Old-Women-Hello-Mrs Premise-Hello-Mrs Conclusion kind of way. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terms-of-endearment/309219/16 "2005-06-21T17:34:54Z")
> [@belladonna](#): > > My standard name holders are “hon” or “buddy”. I can see how one might assume that this is an artificial and manipulative habit designed to engender good will. The truth, however, is that I simply can’t be bothered to learn your name, and you’re lucky I deigned to speak to you at all… > Okay, hon? It’s fucking well not okay… I just said it wasn’t. :smack: Cloth eared bint. ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terms-of-endearment/309219/17 "2005-06-21T17:44:39Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Cloth eared bint. Now you’re getting it. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terms-of-endearment/309219/18 "2005-06-21T18:02:29Z")
> [@Tiggrkitty](#): > > Ugh. > > We have a woman here at our office that refers to everyone as “sweetie”. Problem is, no one can stand to be around her and she back stabs the crap out of you. So you can imagine how much hostility is created by the bitch. > > Pet names belong to loved ones or very close friends, not in for people you work with. Well, there ya go. Next time you talk to her; “Hi Sweetie.” “Hi Bitch.” and just keep walking. Oh yeah, deny you ever said it. ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terms-of-endearment/309219/19 "2005-06-21T18:07:56Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > Well, there ya go. Next time you talk to her; > “Hi Sweetie.” > “Hi Bitch.” > and just keep walking. Oh yeah, deny you ever said it. “What? No, I called you Trish. You’re name’s not Trish? I am SO sorry… bitch.” ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terms-of-endearment/309219/20 "2005-06-21T18:37:34Z")
Honey, sweetie, sugah, dahlin’. Try working in an office full of southern women **QuickSilver**. You’d be eatin’ prozac by the handful. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terms-of-endearment/309219.md?page=2)