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snookums

[ snook-uhmz ]

noun

, Informal.
  1. Sometimes Snook·ums. sweetheart (used as a term of endearment, especially facetiously):

    If sunsets are a big deal for your snookums, before-dinner drinks on the Gulf Patio are a must.

    When it was his turn to cook, he came home and said, "Hey, Snookums, let's eat out tonight!”



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Word History and Origins

Origin of snookums1

First recorded in 1830–40 as Snookums, a proper name
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Example Sentences

“Oooooooooh, you’re my baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaby! Heeeeeeere, honey sweetness snookums! The way people talk to pets is unlike the way they talk to anyone or anything else. The cutesy, sing-songy voice that people use to address pets is called . . .” furnacular.

Early that season, Ty Cobb, the 37-year-old player-manager of the rival Detroit Tigers, taunted Harris as “baby face” and “snookums.”

In March, we acquired a new puppy, Mr Snookums!

As terms of endearment, Glickems and Slickems sound no less cozy than Huggums and Snookums, and have the advantage of belonging to an adult, albeit explosive, world.

It tells the story of Dwight Craig, who, in the corn-country hick town where he hailed from, was known as Snookums.

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