Oh my goodness. I love discovering words that I'll actually use in my daily life. I just came across one the other day, and I will now officially log it as my Word of the Month for November.
Hypocorism-- the practice of using pet names or baby talk, especially by adults
I, for one, am 100% anti-baby-talk, even to babies. I'm one of those people that talks to infants like they're teeny tiny adults. And I express this sentiment to people every once in a while, but I've always disliked calling it baby talk/pet names. Voila! Granted, I'll probably have to explain what I mean a few times, which sort of defeats the purpose, but I'm pleased with my word discovery :)
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