endearment

• “I've lost count of the number of times I've heard a BBC reporter make reference to "Stevie G", which might well be music to the ears of Scouse lovers, but to the rest of us this term endearment is vomit enducing.”

  Manchester United blog..

• “Then send a text—with a term of endearment—that appears to be written to someone else.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Why Texting Turns Us Back Into Teenagers

• “Now geek is a term of endearment among acolytes of technology, imbued with golden marketing potential.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Now That Everyone Wants to Be a Geek, Lawyers Have Been Called

• ““Fucking obese,” he'd say as if it was a term of endearment, as if it was expected of him.”

  Fictionaut: Buoyancy

• “The same word that's used as part of a vicious attack can sometimes be a term of endearment.”

  The Huffington Post: Larry Magid: Technology Doesn't Cause Bullying and -- Despite Claims -- It Can't Prevent It

• “But maybe it sounds weird to your ears because you're a guy, and you call this part of your anatomy you "spare tire," "love handles" or another term of endearment.”

  The Huffington Post: Jean Fain, L.I.C.S.W., M.S.W.: Love Your Muffin Top

• “Of course, never mind that African-Americans use it amongst themselves as a term of endearment, pero esa es una historia para un otro dia.”

  The Huffington Post: Gustavo Arellano: ¡ASK A MEXICAN!: "Illegals" and The "N-Word"

• “Just take a look at the snapshots of these two Bad Boys on KCRW.com, and then spend a few minutes browsing through their works -- all these sexy, smoky, tough but ultimately loving images of nude female figures -- and you will understand that, in their case, "Bad Boys" is a term of endearment.”

  The Huffington Post: Edward Goldman: Art, Sex, and Rock 'N' Roll

• “Either Jesus didn't really mean it supposedly, the Greek word translated as 'dog' was a term of endearment, as in 'little dog' or 'puppy' or he was testing her faith.”

  The Huffington Post: Christian Piatt: Jesus, Bigotry And The Canaanite Woman

• “English has no such suffix for a term of endearment.”

  Simon & Schuster: Learning to Die in Miami

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