A list of 26 words by oroboros.
- honey-baby-sweetie-piewas added by oroboros and appears on just this list
- tootsiewas added by oroboros and appears on 17 lists
- sweetcakeswas added by oroboros and appears on 3 lists
- squeezewas added by oroboros and appears on 51 lists
- petwas added by oroboros and appears on 32 lists
- favoritewas added by oroboros and appears on 32 lists
- maid of honorwas added by oroboros and appears on 3 lists
- best manwas added by oroboros and appears on 5 lists
- best friendwas added by oroboros and appears on 4 lists
- teammatewas added by oroboros and appears on 6 lists
- siswas added by oroboros and appears on 17 lists
- browas added by oroboros and appears on 36 lists
- sister-in-armswas added by oroboros and appears on 3 lists
- brother-in-armswas added by oroboros and appears on just this list
- partnerwas added by oroboros and appears on 31 lists
- confidantwas added by oroboros and appears on 40 lists
- soulmatewas added by oroboros and appears on 20 lists
- better halfwas added by oroboros and appears on 7 lists
- paramourwas added by oroboros and appears on 130 lists
- comradewas added by oroboros and appears on 34 lists
- simpaticowas added by oroboros and appears on 42 lists
- my manwas added by oroboros and appears on 2 lists
- compatriotwas added by oroboros and appears on 18 lists
- matewas added by oroboros and appears on 49 lists
- palwas added by oroboros and appears on 34 lists
- buddywas added by oroboros and appears on 37 lists
bilby commented on the list boon-companions
You still adding to this list oro? Neat little collection. Countryman is used by Aboriginal people around where I live with precisely this sense of comrade/pal, though it would look odd on this list.
Mon amie has wider currency as does a rough cognate, beloved. A much-quoted Australianism is cobber but it's disappeared from common use. There's Cockney rhyming slang's china plate for mate.
July 9, 2008