The Pet Names Women Find Most Annoying
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Its not nice to joke around. And call a women by another woman's name. And never ever do that during the heat of the moment.
Some men get around that problem by calling all women by the same pet name like "babe" or "hun".
Fraggle Rocker
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Wow, I do it right. I call my wife Sweetie and my dog Pumpkin or Muffin.
You know what Attila's wife said to him every time he came home from a long campaign of sacking and pillaging?
"Hi, Hun."
That's a venerable old term of endearment, a diminutive of "dear." For us older people there's nothing wrong with it. In addition, women of my generation still use it generally to mean "cute, precious," as in, "what a darling little tea set, wherever did you find it?"
That was never meant to be a term of endearment so it would be out of place on the list. It's working-class slang for "the lady of the house." If you're the adult male in the family then you're probably referring to your wife, but if you're one of the kids, it means your mother. Men didn't address their wives or mothers that way, but rather used it when they were speaking in the third person. "The old lady's out playing bridge. You guys want to come over and watch football?" It used to be common in the South, the Southwest and the Bible Belt, but today it's used more as humorous slang. Women I know who come from those regions don't find it terribly objectionable, although they wouldn't mind if it disappeared from the language.
In the 1960s, phat (with that spelling) became a slang word for "great, wonderful," especially in the Afro-American community. This was the same era when calling something or someone "bad" meant that it or he was good.
"Pretty hot and tempting" is a folk-etymology for "phat." It was originally merely a cutesy respelling of "fat."
"Treacle" is the British word for what we call "molasses." It's also slang (in both countries) for overdone sentimentality, as in a movie, from its secondary British meaning: a table syrup concocted by mixing molasses with a sweetener such as corn syrup.
My friend is a motorcycle rider...he has a t-shirt that says on the back: "If you can read this, the ol' lady fell off"
My friend is a motorcycle rider...he has a t-shirt that says on the back: "If you can read this, the ol' lady fell off"
I remember reading one of those. I always thought the term Old Lady originated with biker gangs, and was picked up and spread by the wannabes.
Also, most of the women that seek out the gang members look forward to being someones Old Lady.
Fraggle Rocker
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Dictionary.com says that the term originated around 1780. No motorcycles then.KilljoyKlown said:
It also says that the original meaning was "mother." "Wife" came later, and then "girlfriend."
superstring01
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I wonder how "sugar tits" ranks.
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In public it might be a bit embarrassing. But might be okay in private, if she likes you. From your position I'm not sure, but it won't take long to find out.
I call aquantances by there first name, I want my partner to know I have a stronger emotional connection to her than I happen to remember her name. There is no contempt in it, it's a way of expressing affection, companionship and love
I only call her by her name when I'm talking to someone else or I guess when I'm angry as well