My partner and I have tried out various terms of endearment (like “love”, “dear”, “baby” or “babe”), but none of them ever sounded natural when either of us used them — it just ended up being silly, and so we do occasionally pepper them into conversation, when we’re being silly.

The one I tend to use most often is “my love”, because it feels silly in an overly poetic and melodramatic manner. Recently I also used “my serendipitous saccharide” (saccharide meaning sugar, because he’s sweet, and serendipitous because this relationship was a surprise to both of us).

Anyway, I’m running out of ideas for terms that will evoke an affectionate eye roll out of him. Any suggestions?

  • [object Object]@lemmy.ca
    22·
    2 months ago

    Ones I use: “My liege”, pal, beans, Slagathor, buns, honey buns, honey bunches of oats, oats, oat milk, oat milk latte, latte, soy latte, soy, soy sauce (you have to do this in a progression or else it won’t make any sense)

  • CombatWombat@feddit.onlineEnglish
    10·
    2 months ago

    I’ve always loved mon petit chou chou which is roughly “my little cabbage cabbage” from French. I also like jannu, which I think is “my soul” in Urdu? Also solnyshko, little sun, from the Russian, is very fun.

  • FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io
    10·
    2 months ago

    Suggestions, courtesy of MST3k:

    Slab Bulkhead

    Bridge Largemeat

    Punt Speedchunk

    Butch Deadlift

    Hold Bigflank

    Splint Chesthair

    Flint Ironstag

    Bolt Vanderhuge

    Thick McRunfast

    Blast Hardcheese

    Buff Drinklots

    Crunch Slamchest

    Fist Rockbone

    Stump Beefknob

    Smash Lampjaw

    Punch Rockgroin

    Buck Plankchest

    Stump Junkman

    Dirk Hardpec

    Rip Steakface

    Slate Slabrock

    Crud Bonemeal

    Brick Hardmeat

    Rip Slagcheek

    Punch Sideiron

    Gristle McThornbody

    Slate Fistcrunch

    Buff Hardback

    Bob Johnson

    Blast Thickneck

    Crunch Buttsteak

    Slab Squatthrust

    Lump Beefbroth

    Touch Rustrod

    Beef Blastbody

    Big McLargehuge

    Smoke Manmuscle

    Beat Punchmeat

    Hack Blowfist

    Roll Fizzlebeef

  • missingno@fedia.io
    5·
    2 months ago

    Senpai

    Bonus points if you make an overly exaggerated effort to talk like a caricature of an anime romcom protagonist.

  • Almacca@aussie.zoneEnglish
    4·
    2 months ago

    In my former married life, my wife was a fair bit shorter than me, so I’d occasionally call her ‘low-pockets’. When we got a dog, he became ‘no-pockets’. When we had a baby, he became ‘small pockets’. I did only actually use these terms a couple of times as a gag though.

  • melsaskca@lemmy.ca
    4·
    2 months ago

    My wife and I have been together over 40 years. I call her “old woman” and she calls me “old man”.

  • schmorp@slrpnk.netEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    Sausage - my bf’s one size fits all term for those he loves, from actual sausages to his pets and me

    • palordrolap@fedia.io
      4·
      2 months ago

      To at least one member of my family, who uses it often, this is an abbreviation of “silly sausage”, which in turn is a variant of “silly person”. It is a term of endearment, but there is a mild negative connotation.

      “Dingus”, “doofus” and “oaf” are comparable terms.

      My point being that I wouldn’t want “sausage” to be the pet name given to me by a significant other. Other people won’t have this usage in their family or community and may have other opinions, of course.