Thomas and Louise are comfortably seated on a sofa. Suddenly, Thomas turns to Louise and asks her:
"Will you pass me the remote control, please, sweetie?"
. Louise hands it to him, frowning. She doesn't particularly like him calling her that, she feels like she's being infantilized. When it is not
"my chip"
, Thomas affectionately nicknames it
"my rabbit"
or
"my chick"
, which exasperates him to the highest point. This dialogue of married life is altogether banal. It is very common to hear couples give each other sweet little names, which they gladly pick from the animal register. Why do they use this vocabulary among themselves?
"My chip"
,
"my wolf"
... Repulsive love names
Beings who love each other give each other sweet names to spontaneously show their love for each other.
These affective nouns belong to hypocoristic words, that is to say, words that have an affectionate meaning.
They should not be confused with the
“nicknames”
which by definition are given to a person in…
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