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
It could be a term of endearment from friends, because I grew up being friends with a lot of skater kids that would call each other “the worst.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026
"I've never really thought of it as an insult, more a term of endearment," he says.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2025
The staff called Farmer a blan, too—ti blan mwen, “my little white guy”—which he found amusing and considered a term of endearment.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
The word “Paul” became my substitute for endearments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2024
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
She called Jenkins by endearments and seemed eager to get to know him.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 4, 2022
He was fond of endearments, like “little child.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2019
For an hour or two every Thursday, when Jalil came to see her, all smiles and gifts and endearments, Mariam felt deserving of all the beauty and bounty that life had to give.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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