endearment
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"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
The word can apply to someone of any age, or any gender, as she and all the kids know; “babygirl” is now a slang term of endearment for a cute, appealing man.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2025
Pop star, Charli XCX, declared Kamala Harris “brat,” a term of endearment for a woman who is “a little messy” but authentic and energetic.
From Salon • Aug. 10, 2024
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
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