Talk:pookie
A quick Google search reveals that indeed this is a Tagalog slang term. Uncle G 01:16, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
needs "Pookie is a common euphemism to describe something cute. It is also often used as a pet name or as a term of endearment for one's significant other." added somehow. (was recently removed from wikipedia as a dicdef). thanks :) -Quiddity 03:08, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
- It's the name of cartoon cat Garfield's teddy bear, incidentally. Equinox ◑ 13:20, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
Pet name
[edit]In my experience, pookie is a pet name, as attested in What’s Wrong, Little Pookie? by Sandra Boynton (and other such books Happy Birthday, Little Pookie); it’s also used in books by Ivy Wallace (UK 1950s). Don’t know if these are sufficient attestations – it’s admittedly more used orally (esp. in casual, intimate conversation) than in writing.
- —Nils von Barth (nbarth) (talk) 22:58, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
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Several definitions were added and removed in its history. H. (talk) 09:39, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
from the entry:
Tagalog
[edit]Noun
[edit]pookie
- (colloquial) lover
- A term of endearment used for a loved one
Note that, although pookie failed RFV, there is now an attested entry at Pookie. Equinox ◑ 12:20, 10 January 2011 (UTC)