endearment
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“He’ll look at you quizzically, but also with endearment, knowing you are a little carbon-based unit that would like to become his friend,” said David Kornblum, president of Tsuburaya Fields Media and Pictures Entertainment.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 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
He spoke about his grandmother, who he called "Mawmaw" – which he noted was a term of endearment in the Appalachian community he hails from.
From BBC • Jul. 18, 2024
Nicknamed after a nursery rhyme, she had yet to shed a childhood endearment.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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