snookums

snookums

A cloying term of endearment or address for one's pet, child, or romantic partner. Aw, snookums! It's OK to be scared! I'm going to the toy store to buy a present for my precious little snookums. This is my pet beagle, Barry. He's my little snookums, yes he is!
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

snookums

(ˈsnʊkəmz and ˈsnukəmz)
n. a nickname for a child or a lover. (Also a term of address.) Now, now, snookums, it’s all right.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • schnookums
  • shnookums
  • bae
  • boo
  • sweetheart
  • baby
  • sweet baboo
  • munchkin
  • little shaver
  • stinker
References in periodicals archive
Your fine article brought back fond memories of Snookums and Smokey, and of when I was a young farm boy.
You and TayTay are beyond sweet together, snookums.
(2) Joy Horowitz, Snookums! Steve Urkel is a Hit, N.Y.
SNOOKUMS has been voted Ireland's most cringeworthy pet name.
I fully appreciate the 'babe' and 'snookums' dislike - horrible terms.
So it came to pass that Bob, son of Cleetis, begat Snookums, And Snookums begat Tim of the Bucked-Tooth, And Tim of the Bucked-Tooth begat Keith, And Keith begat Dave, And Dave begat Ezekiah, And Dave did pass on the sum of his wisdom to Ezekiah, Saying, "Thou had better learn to fight--with a name like that." And Ezekiah begat Little Bill, And Little Bill begat Leeroy, And Leeroy begat Garth, And Garth begat Johnny-boy and the twins, And Johnny-boy begat Poindexter, And Poindexter begat Fluffy and Spanky and Bruce, And Bruce begat no one, For he was gay.
Were there some crossed words with your little snookums over the weekend?
NOTE: Also avoid nicknames that sound like you're attempting to communicate with a baby or puppy (see: Snookums), My advice is to stick with something like "Darlin'" or "Babe," Sweet and simple.
Call her Sweet Cheeks, Babe and throw in a Snookums for good measure.
That's the monster you will create if you let your snookums get away with whatever takes their fancy.
So, my step-daughter's exposure to the fauna of Britain has gone overnight from a pet guinea pig called Snookums that wiggled its nose in an endearing manner, to a nightly fox-fest of raunchy vixen-on-vixen action, interspersed with hard-core dogging and close-ups of red-hot titillating brush-work.
While there are many possibilities for privacy invasion (Wired magazine recently ran an article titled "Spying on Snookums with GPS"), businesses have been reaping the rewards of satellite tracking systems for years.
``Hello snookums, who's a gorgeous little chappy then, eh?
A lovely cuddly wuddly "hello baby who's mummy's little snookums", rub noses, waggy-tailed pet.
With your personalised domain name you can redirect emails to a hotmail account - that means you can give your lover a domain name like cuddlywuddly.co.uk or snookums.co.uk and she or he can be contacted via email at this address, but read it at his or her hotmail account.