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endearment

[en-deer-muhnt] / ɛnˈdɪər mənt /
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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

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

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

She thinks it’s funny, what she calls a term of endearment.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan




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