"We'll just have to see about that, sport."

dorothy humbird — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 20:28:53 -0800

I'm in search of more classic chummy/fatherly nicknames (sport, champ) to throw about with my S.O., what've you got? My boyfriend and I frequently indulge in calling each other those weird, vaguely patronizing or fatherly nicknames: champ, tiger, chief, etc. I'm a fan of these types of nicknames, in contexts like:

"Whoa, cool it down there, champ."
or
"I'll catch you later, tiger."

Mostly we're both amused by the absurdity here -- they're out of context and a little over the top to begin with (tiger??). I'm looking for more names like this, because I feel like my bag of tricks is pretty empty.

If you have any similarly absurd yet NOT SYRUPY (read: shnookums, hunny-bunny-lover) terms of endearment, you get bonus points. Think classics like dollface, etc.

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"We'll just have to see about that, sport."