13 Worst Pet-Names for Your Lover

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Giving your partner a pet-name is like a rite of passage in a relationship. After six months of monogamous dating, you know your significant other well enough to coddle them with cute little nicknames that soften your tone and show your affection … and may or may not make the rest of us barf.

Like any well-intentioned gift, a given pet-name can go horribly wrong, and there are many people out there that don't even know they're stuck with, or using, cringe-worthy lovey-dovey names. They think they're being cute, we think they're being tragic.

Are you one of the millions of couples who suffer from odious-pet-name-itis? Check our list of the 13 worst pet-names for your lover to find out.