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Значение идиомы pet name
[pet name] {n. phr.} A special or abbreviated name indicatingaffection.
He never calls his wife her real name, “Elizabeth,” butonly such pet names as “honey,” “honey bunch,” “sweetheart,” and”sugar.”
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