When a woman here calls you "Hun"

[BobbyBrandt]

Pog Mo Thoin

 

[PrincessArianrhod]

"Fine" - There may be trouble ahead.

Particularly in the guise: "Do whatever you want."

- Divorce/break-up seems likely.

 

[MetaBob]

Pog Mo Thoin

Not sure that means exactly the same thing.

I once saw this license plate (from behind, of course): POGMHON

Once I finished laughing, I thought about calling it in. But no way.

 

[AwkwardlySet]

They were patronizing you, hun .

Em

Ha! I see what you did there...

 

[EmilyMiller]

Ha! I see what you did there...

You think you do, hun .

Em

 

[Bamagan]

You think you do, hun .

Em

Is being patronizing about previous patronization a form of gaslighting?

 

[SimonDoom]

This may be true, but one of the singular virtues of the male brain, simple and reptilian as it is, is that it just thinks, "Damn, she called me 'hun.'"

 

[onehitwanda]

break-up seems likely.

relationship crossed the Roche limit.

edit: Facebook status updated to its complicated

 

[Winter_Fare]

Here in the soggy Midlands of England a Hun is a prosecco drinking woman with a grey sofa, beige carpet and inspirational wall hangings. She wears velvet lounge wear, and makes pouty tiktoks in between school runs.

 

[Bamagan]

relationship crossed the Roche limit.

edit: Facebook status updated to its complicated

Ironic, in a way, since Roche transitions often result in big, fancy rings.

 

[onehitwanda]

Ironic, in a way, since Roche transitions often result in big, fancy rings.

a subset of these terminate (spectacularly) at the Schwarzschild radius...

 

[Bamagan]

a subset of these terminate (spectacularly) at the Schwarzschild radius...

Oh, damn. We're skirting dangerously close to Romeo and Juliet in Space.

Star-crossed lovers, indeed.

 

[TarnishedPenny]

‘Hun’ I’m uncertain of, beyond Biggles that is.

‘Hon’ on the other hand is a common endearment around here for one’s SO.

 

[onehitwanda]

Romeo and Juliet in Space.

A plague orbital bombardment upon both thy houses!

O happy mass driver! This is thy target; there smite, and let me die.

I need to stop.

 

[Bamagan]

A plague orbital bombardment upon both thy houses!

O happy mass driver! This is thy target; there smite, and let me die.

I need to stop.

Two starships, both alike in dignity,
In fair Uranus, where we set our scene...

 

[Noor]

Here's an appropriately cartoon-y image, from a game I sometimes play:

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Or "dear" (or "dearie"). But what she really means is "moron".

Yes, you read that right.

Or perhaps more precisely: "imbecile".

There is (or was) actually a scale for this sort of thing: https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/moron-idiot-imbecile-offensive-history

I prefer the Irish variant: "Eejit", which can be used, it seems to me, in a self-deprecating and even more affectionate way. Though I have yet to do so.

Unless "now" counts.

Other synonyms used in this way include "simple", meaning "simpleton", or more archaically, "honest". Or more U.S. Southern: "sweet" or "well-intentioned" or "good-hearted", or even stringing them together like "dear sweet child, bless your heart".

It depends where they are from, suga

 

[Noor]

I like the expression “ how nice for you” which basically means you’ve screwed up, you selfish person

 

[MillieDynamite]

In Oklahoma, someone always calls Hun, Sugar, Sweetie-Pie, Darling, or some other holy inappropriate thing in restaurants, convenience stores, Walmart, or bars. It's just what we do.

 

[onehitwanda]

Two starships, both alike in dignity,
In fair Uranus, where we set our scene...

this feels like the start of a Culture novel

 

[Bamagan]

this feels like the start of a Culture novel

Or else a James Gunn acid trip where he melds Tromeo and Juliet with Guardians of the Galaxy.

 

[gunhilltrain]

Hey - I’m personally affronted, hun.

Em

I did wonder if the OP was thinking of you. I can't prove that of course. Overall, he's either overthinking it or being very tongue-in-cheek.

 

[EmilyMiller]

I did wonder if the OP was thinking of you. I can't prove that of course. Overall, he's either overthinking it or being very tongue-in-cheek.

Those are not mutually exclusive. In fact it’s a good description of my “normal” (word used advisedly) mental state.

Em

 

[gunhilltrain]

Those are not mutually exclusive. In fact it’s a good description of my “normal” (word used advisedly) mental state.

Em

Yes, that is true, I suppose. But I was only speculating about the OP, since he went into some detail when starting the thread.

 

[Djmac1031]

Hey - I’m personally affronted, hun.

Em

And I'm VERY confused.

But then, what else is new?

 

[EmilyMiller]

And I'm VERY confused.

But then, what else is new?

Me and you both .

Em