endearment
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They teased me and called me Dogface, a term of endearment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Aidar had called the capybara “princess” in a way that sounded like a term of endearment for all female capybaras, so I asked for the capybara’s formal name.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
"I've never really thought of it as an insult, more a term of endearment," he says.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2025
Other activists started to call them Grandma and Grandpa, pet names they’ve since adopted at home to replace traditional terms of endearment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2025
It's the term of endearment that makes me obey, not the elbow.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
Ah, Valentine’s Day … A day for cardiac-themed tokens, embossed endearments and sugary sweet love — or, in other words, conversation hearts.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2024
Is there anything real or concrete behind these whispered endearments, these blatant displays of affection, this slathered-on score?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2022
She called Jenkins by endearments and seemed eager to get to know him.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 4, 2022
They visit a Chalazian karaoke bar on a Thursday “Father/Daughter Nite,” where they read endearments off a screen, just as the other fathers and daughters in attendance do.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2021
"Why, whatever has he done to you, my sweet?" she asked, and mopped the mud from his face with her apron and called him all manner of endearments.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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