15 Weirdest Terms of Endearment From Around the World

Anyone who loves carbs will be able to get on board with this Polish pet name. Bread=love.

Shortened from the phrase "pusle of my heart," this Irish phrase is both sweet and scientific.

It may sound nonsensical, but this saying is actually quite poetic (and just a little bit tragic). It's about a woman so beautiful that the fish forgot how to swim and sunk to the bottom of the pond and the birds forgot to flap their wings and clumsily swooped towards the ground. So basically, shawty is a ten.

Warning: you don't call your girlfriend or wife this Thai term of endearment if she's a vegetarian.

No, this isn't a reference to a seasoned egg in a bowl of ramen (which too, is a beautiful thing). In Japan, oval-shaped faces and pale skin are seen as things of beauty, hence this unusual nickname.

It's hard not to think of fast food when you hear this Danish saying that sounds tastier than it is complimentary.

Sure, we've heard it's cool to be phat before, but in Spain, they actually mean fat. It's common to call your loved one "fatso" in Latin American countries.

Well, if you're going to be the poison of someone's heart, you may as well be the most honoured poison, right?

This one may be in reference to a sweet cabbage-shaped pastry called "chou à la crème" rather than the leafy vegetable but it's absolutely too cute either way.

This Spanish saying is very Khal Drogo.

I mean, we all love Ratatouille, right? Stuart Little?

Apparently, in Hungary, insects aren't so pesky as long as they're little. You may have to explain that this isn't an insult if you decide to try this one out on your loved one.

You know when you see a puppy so cute that you just want to squeeze it to bits? Or when you see an actor so dreamy that you just want to die? This one doesn't seem so weird now, right?

The theme that we've learned here is that anything can be a term of endearment as long as it's little.

Case in point. Caption your next cute Instagram shot with bae with this one.