Ladies, what don't you like to be called by men?

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10-11-2011, 04:14 PM
Mutatis-Mutandis

My moniker, "Greatest Lover of All Time," has become tiresome. I get it, ladies, I'm a god. But I'm also modest, so just keep it "Greatest Lover."
10-11-2011, 04:42 PM
JuniperWoolf

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Originally Posted by PoeticPassions

Not on the list, but I can't STAND 'babe.'

Me neither, it reminds me of the pig. Babe is one of my favorite childhood movies, but I still don't want my nickname to be after a pig (no matter how cute he is).

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Originally Posted by Delta40

My Father used to call me Fanny Craddock (A restaurant critic and television cook) or Fanny Adams (an 8 yr old who was brutally murdered and dismembered in 1867)

What does it all mean?

:lol: Yep, that's a puzzling one.
10-11-2011, 06:38 PM
Maximilianus

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Originally Posted by Delta40

My Father used to call me Fanny Craddock (A restaurant critic and television cook) or Fanny Adams (an 8 yr old who was brutally murdered and dismembered in 1867)

What does it all mean?

Your father is quite a character... at dishing out nicknames, that is :p

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Originally Posted by PoeticPassions

Chick is kind of annoying... I agree with Juniper about 'honey,' though I don't think I would like being called that even by my husband (if I had one).

Not on the list, but I can't STAND 'babe.' Maybe because of a person that used to call me that all the time, or maybe because it just sounds so stupid. It associates me to people that say 'dude' all the time.

Whenever I've been called a "dude" I've strongly resented it. I feel it's among the ugliest English words and not because of the letters it's made of. It's just the way it sounds. It sounds so stupid, tasteless and maybe impolite to some extent... and all these trendy people uttering "dude" all the time as though it fitted their mouth machine guns like a charm :incazzato: I had to point out I hate the word :skep:
10-11-2011, 07:00 PM
Delta40

I guess I feel there is a subtle difference in the use of endearments between friends and family as opposed to the use of them between strangers. If a guy in a pub called me darlin, baby or any of those terms, I would find it insulting whereas someone I love using those terms would be construed differently, if that makes sense.
10-11-2011, 07:33 PM
cl154576

I still like my name most.
10-11-2011, 09:30 PM
papayahed

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Originally Posted by papayahed

Just recently a supplier started to call me "babe". I had to tell him it wasn't appropriate. If I would have known the guy in any other context besides work it might have been ok.

Seriously, I'm still fighting this battle with two coworkers. I think I've found a solution though. When a coworker calls me baby I answer back with "cupcake". That usually throws the guy off a little.
10-11-2011, 09:48 PM
Maximilianus

Is "cupcake" often perceived as an offense? I was once called a "cupcake", and after reacting rather violently I realized it had been said as a word of endearment. I shouldn't have reacted without being completely sure of the word's connotation, as I must have made the friend feel bad :frown2: So what's a "cupcake" in the place where you live when applied to a person?
10-11-2011, 09:57 PM
papayahed

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Originally Posted by Maximilianus

Is "cupcake" often perceived as an offense? I was once called a "cupcake", and after reacting rather violently I realized it had been said as a word of endearment. I shouldn't have reacted without being completely sure of the word's connotation, as I must have made the friend feel bad :frown2: So what's a "cupcake" in the place where you live when applied to a person?

Cupcake is a term of endearment. I use it because it evokes the same response in guys that "baby" evokes in women. To me being called "baby" makes it seem like I'm not on the same level as the person calling me baby, like they have to watch over me.
10-11-2011, 10:06 PM
Maximilianus

I get it. Thanks papaya :)
10-11-2011, 10:12 PM
JuniperWoolf

Yeah, I got that all the time when I was a waitress. "Hey baby, bring me over an MGD." Okay, sure, then I can wedge the bottle down your throat. A-hole.
10-11-2011, 10:21 PM
Maximilianus

You can't actually prevent a drooler from drooling over a beautiful woman. They just can't hold it. As a contrast, wedging a bottle down the a-hole's throat seems a more attainable goal :p
10-12-2011, 04:20 AM
PoeticPassions

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Originally Posted by Maximilianus

Whenever I've been called a "dude" I've strongly resented it. I feel it's among the ugliest English words and not because of the letters it's made of. It's just the way it sounds. It sounds so stupid, tasteless and maybe impolite to some extent... and all these trendy people uttering "dude" all the time as though it fitted their mouth machine guns like a charm :incazzato: I had to point out I hate the word :skep:

Oh, dude, tell me about it! :biggrin5:

hahahaha
10-12-2011, 04:31 AM
Emil Miller

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Originally Posted by PoeticPassions

Oh, dude, tell me about it! :biggrin5:

hahahaha

Just another silly juvenile fad that will disappear in due course to be replaced by another.
10-12-2011, 11:28 PM
stephofthenight

sweet cheeks- precious and I really hate when you walk in walmart and hear "damn babbbbbby yo b finnnnne" Im not sure rather It is so revolting because of their pathetic language skills, social skills, or the fact that when I think of fine, or hot I think of meat. IE thats a fine cut of meat, or I want it hot and juciy. Food words do not make good pet names. I really can not stand to be called angel though. It brings out the most non angelic part of me- my temper...
10-13-2011, 08:42 AM
prendrelemick

Hmm.. food related names. a whole new can of weiners.

My mother used to call me "sausage" and don't the French call a woman "Mon petite chou" or My little cabbage.

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