So, I was thinking about cutesy nicknames...

[conuly]

Not the sort that directly relate to names, just the sort that you can use on anybody.

And I'm thinking - wow, there's a lot of them that are directly related to food.

Cupcake, Cookie, Dumpling, Sweetie, Sugar, Honey, Pumpkin, Peanut... why is that? And why do people tell kids "You're so cute, I could eat you up"? Is cannibalism supposed to be funny? I don't get it.

Anybody willing to list off cutesy nicknames in any language they know? Please? I'm bored. Heck, I'm even tempted to crosspost this.

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[literalgirl.livejournal.com]

I can't explain it (the food thing), but I must do it, too, because one of my nicknames for Bolt is "niblet"! And I should point out that HE asked me when he was about 6 or so WHY "terms of endearment" were so often food-related and that he thought it was kind of creepy. :-) [I used to use 'pumpkin", too... and I still sometimes slip with "sweetie-pie", but he HATES that.]

I also like "kiddo", which was what my own late mom called me.

My dad still calls me "tyker".

And my grandma calls Bolt (and other male kids sometimes) "His Nibs".