Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Apr 4, 2022 16:11
2 yrs ago
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English term
Sugars
Non-PRO
English
Other
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
Woman: You boys ought to relax.
Mitchell: I'm sorry. We just...We really want to make a good impression.
Woman: Gay adoptive parents with a minority baby? Sugars, you can get into any school you want.
Mitchell: I'm sorry. Really?
https://transcripts.foreverdreaming.org/viewtopic.php?f=422&...
Modern Family Show
Mitchell: I'm sorry. We just...We really want to make a good impression.
Woman: Gay adoptive parents with a minority baby? Sugars, you can get into any school you want.
Mitchell: I'm sorry. Really?
https://transcripts.foreverdreaming.org/viewtopic.php?f=422&...
Modern Family Show
Responses
| 5 +4 | My dears |
Lara Barnett
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Change log
Apr 5, 2022 13:50: writeaway changed "Field" from "Art/Literary" to "Other" , "Field (write-in)" from " " to "Cinema, Film, TV, Drama "
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12 mins
Lara Barnett
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
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English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
www.lingocraft.co.uk
Native in: English (Variants: British, Scottish, Irish, Singaporean, UK, South African) 
Works in: French to English, Italian to English, Romanian to English, and 2 more.
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My dears
"Sugars" is being used here as an affectionate form of address, in the plural in this case. Similar to Calling someone"sweetie".
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Note added at 19 mins (2022-04-04 16:30:41 GMT)
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"The History of "Sweetie" and 8 Other Old-Fashioned Terms of Endearment"
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SUGAR
1930
Given that sugar is recorded in English from the thirteenth century, and often used figuratively and proverbially since then, it’s surprising that the fashion to use the word as a term of address seems to be not much older than the 1930s. Among the more popular compound words since then are sugar-babe and sugar-pie, but a wide range of possibilities exists. A 2001 song by Woody Guthrie begins: "Tippy tap toe, my little sugar plum."
https://newrepublic.com/article/118710/history-terms-endearm...
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Note added at 19 mins (2022-04-04 16:30:41 GMT)
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"The History of "Sweetie" and 8 Other Old-Fashioned Terms of Endearment"
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SUGAR
1930
Given that sugar is recorded in English from the thirteenth century, and often used figuratively and proverbially since then, it’s surprising that the fashion to use the word as a term of address seems to be not much older than the 1930s. Among the more popular compound words since then are sugar-babe and sugar-pie, but a wide range of possibilities exists. A 2001 song by Woody Guthrie begins: "Tippy tap toe, my little sugar plum."
https://newrepublic.com/article/118710/history-terms-endearm...
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