Enjoy These 10 Wild Terms of Endearment From Around The World

Image: There are some truly unique terms of endearment across the globe.  (Direct Travel Insurance)
Image: There are some truly unique terms of endearment across the globe. (Direct Travel Insurance)
Gabe Zaldivar
by Gabe Zaldivar
Last updated: 5:00 AM ET, Thu December 1, 2016

Our favorite may just be China's, "Chen yu iuo yan," which translates to "diving fish, swooping geese."

DTI explains a beautiful and rather tragic phrase: "It is a reference to two of the most famous ancient beauties of China: one so beautiful that when she looked into a pond the fish forgot to swim and sank to the bottom; the other, made the geese forget to flap their wings."

Beauty kills just about anywhere in the world.

Here are some more mentioned in the article:

Japanese: "tamago gata no kao" or "an egg with eyes"

The phrase touts what is considered an attractive look.

Persian: "moosh bokhoradet" or "may a mouse eat you"

Sometimes you look good enough for a rodent to devour.

French: "mon petit chou" or "my little cabbage"

Just about anything can be adorable when it's small.

Hungarian: "bogarkam" or "my little insect"

This includes the normally dreaded realm of the insect, which is in an odd way complimentary in Hungary.

German: "Zaubermaus" or "magic mouse"

This truly awesome phrase is normally relegated to wives or daughters, so keep this one in your pocket.

Polish: "kruzynko" or "breadcrumb"

While a nuisance on your shirt of sleeve, a breadcrumb is absolutely lovely in Poland.


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Born on the rough streets of suburban West Covina, I learned a great many things, some of which has proved useful: knowing the tell-tale sounds of an ice cream truck and crafting a world-class burrito come to mind. You have seen my work on Bleacher Report and possibly my mug on CNN. Perhaps, if you are into archaic modes of entertainment, you have also heard me on the radio. Pop culture is my beat. If it has to do with the intersection of travel, entertainment and pop culture, I'm your guy.

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