Weird Affectionate Names

[Nate]

Have you ever been called or used an affectionate name that would just sound weird to someone who doesn't understand where it comes from?

Example: My sister used to have the nickname Belch. I think the logical progression was:

Carmella->Carmella-Bella->Bella->Belchick*->Belch

*"-chick" is an affectionate diminutive in Yiddish.

[Disgruntled Intern]

My current sexual partner started calling me 'butter nut' a couple of weeks ago.

In case any of you are too dense to understand the presented sexual innuendo, she calls me 'butter nut' because my semen apparently has a sweet-ish taste.

She blames it on me being a vegetarian.

[SeaRex]

Hehehe... well, Amber is Ambi.

And then there is always random baby-speak names. Those are fun.

[Rex Tirano]

Trolly isn't that weird, Olivia -> Olly -> Trolly

But Ian calls me bumpkin which makes me laugh.

[Hobo]

Broccoli. Not that random, as i look like it, but hey...

[Joe the Intern]

I call a certain person "Lumpy''.

[Disgruntled Intern]

Ah, I also call my current partner 'sugar booger', 'pumpkin tits', and 'Petty'.

...Her real name is Petunia. I feel sorry for her.

[Languor]

Ah, I also call my current partner 'sugar booger', 'pumpkin tits', and 'Petty'.

...Her real name is Petunia. I feel sorry for her.

Wow. Interesting names...

Calling people odd names just weird me out. I dunno... I just don't do it - even if it's a popular name for that person. I don't know of any to begin with, though...

[AquaticAmbi]

Oh man, this is a super awesome chance to embarrass Luke... Not that I look for those kind of opportunities... No, not at all... I would never embarrass my Lukey-Shmooky-Loo, my widdle Wukey, my shweet Lulu... my precious pop-tart.

Bwaha!

[Reptile]

My dad used to call me Daphnie. Brrh!

My girlfriend, calls me Dewy wewy and Sugar Bush. It's sooooo cute.

I call her Honeybuns, or my 'Peach'.

Yay for love.

[Big_Bro_Slig222]

I call my girlfriend either Em (short for Emma), or hon.

[Facsimile]

Affectionate names sound pretty stupid, I sure hope I never use any.

[Godlesswanderer]

I don't like affectionate names much. I'd probably like them if people had some for me. But they don't so I don't ike affectionate names.

[TheRaisin]

If I ever have a significant other, I will use all kinds of extremely endearing, bizarre, and gut-bustingly sweet pet names. Because I think that's sweet.

I would never go so far as to allow anything sexual to slip into my pet names, though. I can't imagine two people who like each other calling each other "Butter Nut" and "Pumpkin Tits". That seems . . . pretty weird.

[Wil]

My only nicknames would be “Buncey” and its dirivitives. Buncey is the cutest and bounciest. It's not really affectionate, more trendy. Recently I've found “Wil” to seem more affectionate.

[Mojo]

I have no idea why, but my sister is called "Toedie" (Toohdee) by her friends. It's not even a farking word. Her name's "Suzanne", and I still don't get it.

[Rich]

Affectionate names sound pretty stupid, I sure hope I never use any.

The sexual ones are the only cool ones. I just call people by shortened versions of their names, including any possible significant others.

[TheRaisin]

It doesn't matter how cool they are. A sexual pet name just doesn't have the same effect as a sickeningly sweet cutesy term of endearment.

[AquaticAmbi]

I'm not all that fond on sexually affectionate names, but hey, I guess some people like that.

Hmm, I thought of some more names I'm called by Luke: Brr/Ber, which was actually given to me by a friend and then there's Bar, which is completely from him. There's also "his little squirrel-girl", which came from threats and attempts to gnaw his ankles off like a squirrel after having a dream that I did that. Plus, I have a squirrel with whom I have a mutual hate.

[Rich]

A sexual pet name just doesn't have the same effect as a sickeningly sweet cutesy term of endearment.

As I said, I prefer shortened real names to stomach churning sweet names. However, I may make some exceptions.

[Nate]

My sister and her husband have always had really random nicknames for each other. One time they used to always call each other 'Michael'. I asked for an explanation once but I'm not too sure how well I understand it. Apparently (though I haven't seen it myself) the movie 'The Man in the Moon' (about Andy Kaufman) ends with REM coming on stage to sing their titular song. Jim Carey gives lead singer Michael Stipe a very cheery "Hello Michael!" which was then imitated by my brother in law whenever he said hello to anyone. My sister then began calling him Michael back and then they were both calling each other Michael even without the hello.

Nowadays they call each other 'Frodo'. I'm not sure why but I assume its because my brother in law looks like a hobbit.

[TheRaisin]

REM was actually in that movie?! Whoa! I don't remember that. Interesting.

[Disgruntled Intern]

I would never go so far as to allow anything sexual to slip into my pet names, though. I can't imagine two people who like each other calling each other "Butter Nut" and "Pumpkin Tits". That seems . . . pretty weird.

Well Petunia and I are pretty weird people. I can't say I appreciate your backhanded insults though. Just because you're too dull to get any more than a passing glance from most women doesn't mean you should pass judgement on people who refuse to settle for mediocre pet-names like 'pookie' and 'shnuggie-bear'.

[AquaticAmbi]

While we're still on the sexual nicknames, the closest thing to one I've called Luke is squexy... because of his loveable squishy-ness that's still sexy and stuff. There's also squilly. (silly+squishy)

Hmm, Luke's friends have called him Betsy for a long time for some reason. Ironically, I had a masculine nickname from friends for a while: Pete, short for Stinky Pete because a skunk crawled under my house one night, and EVERYTHING in my room smelt like skunk the next day. Including myself, but I didn't notice that the smell had stuck to my clothing and myself until I was on the bus headed for school. I had to wash every single fabric-y item in my room, including ALL my clothes and even the backpack that I brought to school with me.

(Sorry, I keep remembering names I meant to list.)

[SeaRex]

You had to do the "squishy" names, didn't you?

Jeeze, don't make me sound too fat now...

Not that I, you know, am.

[Disgruntled Intern]

Chubby love, show a nigga some.

[TheRaisin]

DI, for your information, I get no more than a passing glance from women because I'm fat and unattractive, not because I'm dull.

[Disgruntled Intern]

DI, for your information, I get no more than a passing glance from women because I'm fat and unattractive, not because I'm dull.

So what?

I'm over weight and no where near attractive yet I have no trouble getting women to take an interest in me.

It's called c o n f i d e n ce.

Stop throwing yourself a perpetual pity party and get your shit together!

[TheRaisin]

Oh come on. I saw your picture. You're the Orlando Bloom to my Phantom of the Opera. And you're not fat. Nor do you look like a girl.

On an unrelated note, I do lack confidence to a substantial degree and my shit is, in fact, rather scattered and smeared about and heterogeneous as opposed to being collected together and blended on high until smooth in texture and even in color. But uh. Uhm. Well I'm sure I had a point somewhere. Never mind.

[Reptile]

I look like a girl (not that I chose to) and I still have no problem getting women.

Like DI said, confidence is the key, and if you don't have that, you're gonna screw up like a virgin Thai girl in a Bangkok brothel. Don't lose your cool, dude.