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
Youssef also explained the meaning of “habibi,” which is an Arabic term of endearment that means “my love.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
"I've never really thought of it as an insult, more a term of endearment," he says.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2025
She has not called me that endearment for years—a name to fool the gods.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
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
“You can even use the person’s terms of endearments in your self-compassion self-talk to marshal in the person’s presence,” Abdullah says.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 9, 2022
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
We don’t exchange heart-shaped boxes of chocolates or glossy cards with manufactured endearments inside, and we don’t go around kissing in public or saying “I love you” twenty times a day.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 23, 2018
"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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