r/comics • • Aug 28 '26

OC Gender Ew-Phoria [OC]

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u/Front-Pomelo-4367 Aug 28 '26

As a woman, I've absolutely been called my love by older women. And sometimes women my own age. It's mostly just a filler word

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u/Kyleometers Aug 28 '26

It’s a fairly common one in the British isles, but it’s often shortened to just “Love”. You’ll also hear “petal” and “chicken” sometimes. It’s just kind of platitude word.

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u/Front-Pomelo-4367 Aug 28 '26

I moved to the midlands a few years ago (oh god, a decade ago) and I do have a special fondness for being called duck

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u/FMLwtfDoID Aug 28 '26

I would absolutely melt at someone from the Isles calling me “petal”. Hell, they even made calling someone “chicken” seem so sweet and loving.