babycakes

noun

ba·​by·​cakes ˈbā-bē-¦kāks 

informal

: sweetheart

"A hundred bucks, Babycakes! In one night!" He popped the french fry into his mouth. "Think you can handle that?"

—Armistead Maupin, Tales of the City, 1978

Word History

Etymology

baby entry 1 + cake entry 1 + -s, suffix of hypocoristic nouns used in address, as Babs, Fats, Toodles

First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined above

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