Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Sweetheart; dear.
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- noun A person who is much loved.
- noun A
sweetheart . - noun A
fruit that is a crossbreed between agrapefruit and apomelo , originating inIsrael . - noun slang A
sweet .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person loved by another person
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Examples
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From the first episode, I inherited the word 'sweetie for about 5 years.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2012
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Came away with some jaggery (palm sugar sweeties) - not quite as delicious as tamarind flakes which I call sweetie darlings.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009
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I know everyone has their own views but "sweetie" is an endearment and no one that I have ever known has used the word as anything but.
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In the south, "sweetie" is a common term of "southern charm" endearment.
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Most reasonable people know that calling a woman "sweetie" is no more inappropriate than calling a man "buddy" or "pal"
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If "sweetie" is wrong, what are people thinking when I call them "sweet cheeks" or refer to their backside as a "tender, delicious rump"?
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May 14th, 2008 7: 18 pm ET being called sweetie is no reason to get upset, and why is this important anyway. he can call however many people he wants to sweetie and i would still vote for him!
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Obama sweetie is going to have a force to be reckoned with if he thinks he is even going to have a chance with XX's.
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But you think Obama calling someone sweetie is offensive?
In Case You Ask: Webb Declines Veep Role - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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My sweetie is awesome for finding out about these in time to get tickets.
May 20th, 2008 da_lj 2008
minouchette commented on the word sweetie
anyone a girl hates
October 8, 2010