[Adapted from a list first published on Facebook on 1/7/2017]
* Buddy – pretty much just babies and dogs
* Champ – default for under 10s
* Sport – occasionally used ironically for older children, pets, or people I want to annoy
* Bigman – reserved for kids in the age group where they know they are still not big, but also kinda feel big
* Lad/Lass – anyone younger than me, if I’m doing a pirate voice or a broad Scots bit
* Chuck – mostly used only in cases where Bro feels too old but Champ feels too young
* Bro/Bruh/Brah – (generally masc-presenting) friends, mostly my own age
* Milady – fem-presenting friends, mostly my own age
* Man/Bud – just-about anyone I address in real life
* Dude – just-about anyone I address on the internet
* Hun/Honey – close friends my own age, children in my care or (used ironically) male twats online old enough to know better
* Dear/Dearheart – used ironically sometimes for certain people old enough to take it
* Dawg – Millenials
* Milord – also Millenials, but skewing slightly older
* Mei-mei – to my recollection, only ever three specific people, and ironically mostly one who’s older than me
* Bella – occasionally used for friends mature enough that it wouldn’t be creepy exclusively in the phrase “ciao bella”.
* Cap’n – people who feel in some sense senior to me
* Sweetheart – mostly older male twats online, although also occasionally babies
* Loser – friends old enough to take it
* Friend/Friendo – a surprisingly scattered range, skewing older because it’s usually ironic or extremely formal
* Pal – historically my grandfather, but also (mostly younger, mostly male or masc-presenting) strangers
* Ma’am – female or fem-presenting adult strangers
* Sir – male or masc-presenting strangers over about seventy, or very stuffy-sounding voices on the phone
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