honeybunch

[huhn-ee-buhnch]

noun

Informal.

1. honey.

honeybunch

/ ˈhʌnɪˌbʌn, ˈhʌnɪˌbʌntʃ /

noun

1. informal,  honey; darling: a term of endearment

Word History and Origins

Origin of honeybunch¹

First recorded in 1900–05; honey + bunch

Example Sentences

“We also learned that Trump used to call Stormy ‘honeybunch,’ which, interestingly, is also a term Melania would use at Mar-a-Lago, as in, ‘Honey, bunch of F.B.I. agents at door to see you.’

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Afterward, he would phone her occasionally from a blocked number, calling her “Honeybunch.”

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She took the name “Bunch” from a character Mr. Crumb had created before they met who had an eerily similar surname, Honeybunch Kaminski.

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She then added that her uncle quipped: "It is what it is, honeybunch."

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It differed from Mystery Rides the Rails, the Bobbsey Twins, and a few Honeybunch books I had come across.

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