Pookie is an affectionate nickname, like sweetie, babe or cutie. People use it for a partner, a close friend, a child or a pet, often as pookie bear. On social media, pookie is also used ironically about something adorable. It's only for people close to you: you don't write it to a colleague or teacher, and in Speaking you refer to someone close as my partner or by name.
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pookie (addressing someone); my pookie; pookie bear; such a pookie
- good morning pookie, did you sleep well?
- my cat curls up on my laptop every morning, he's such a pookie
- can't wait to see you tonight, pookie bear
What changed
First versionGood morning, my sun! Did you sleep well?
RevisionGood morning, pookie! Did you sleep well?
A pet name translated word for word, such as my sun, sounds strange to English speakers, like a line from a bad poem. English has its own terms of endearment: pookie, babe, honey, sweetie. Only the form of address was changed; the rest of the sentence stayed the same.
Bae is almost always about a partner: me and bae went to the beach. Pookie is broader and softer, used for a friend and even a pet: my dog is a total pookie. And if you want the sun in a pet name, English has sunshine: morning, sunshine!
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Every message from my girlfriend ends with 'love you, ___' and a little heart.
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pookie — The girlfriend writes love you with a heart, so you need an affectionate nickname: pookie. Bro is a friendly “mate” and is out of place in a tender message from a partner.
Write a short goodnight message to someone close to you. Call them pookie and say when you'll see each other.
night night pookie, see you tomorrow at lunch
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