schnookums

schnookums

A cloying term of endearment or address for one's pet, child, or romantic partner. A variant spelling of "snookums." Aw, schnookums! It's OK to be scared! I'm going to the toy store to buy a present for my precious little schnookums. This is my pet beagle, Barry. He's my little schnookums, yes he is!
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • shnookums
  • snookums
  • boo
  • bae
  • sweetheart
  • baby
  • sweet baboo
  • beyotch
  • beyotches
  • biotch
References in periodicals archive
Look at those little schnookums, Tallulah was so little Look at Saffron and Amber with their matching head positions and that naughty look on Amber's face.
I decided I was going to marry Yasmin before we even met; The Duran Duran star, 56, on the secret of a happy marriage, vanity, rivalry and saving someone's life at sea
Mere mortals could never understand the unique splendor of what you had experienced with your Schnookums. Psychologists call this illusion of uniqueness "personal fable," and it hurts those trying to assess risk at least as much as heart-broken adolescents.
Risk assessment and why you stink at it
Admitted Johnson of her husband: "Bill was being creative in those days." Such a schnookums! Little did he foresee that lives would be shattered due to this midlife decision to try his hand at fiction.
Show us the protocols!
Other favourites include: Poophead, Lobster, Mishymoo, Schnookums, Snuggle Bunny, Monster, Smellie Socks, Piglet and Chicken
Why a person like James ticks all the boxes when women seek the ideal man; Career girls lay down criteria in their search for a true soul mate
My first rule for reducing volume is to save only milestone cards - such as the last card that great-grandmother sent to Baby Schnookums before she died in 1970, or the first postcard you received from a relative vacationing in an exotic locale.
Removing debris from memory lane; What to keep, what to trash