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Sweet Nothings

Definition: Sweet Nothings

Sweet Nothings

Noun

1. Inconsequential expressions of affection; "he whispered sweet nothings into her ear".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Synonym: Sweet Nothings

Synonym: honeyed words (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Sweet Nothings

English words defined with "sweet nothings": honeyed words. (references)

Modern Usage: Sweet Nothings

Domain

Usage

Lyrics

And she whispering them sweet nothings (Left & Right Featuring Method Man And Redman; performing artist: D'Angelo)

Got me in the ear singin' sweet nothings (Music; performing artist: Erick Sermon)

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Photo Album: Sweet Nothings

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	Sweet nothings. Credit: Library of Congress.
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Expression: Sweet Nothings

Expression using "sweet nothings": whisper sweet nothings. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Sweet Nothings

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
sweet nothings	36
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Modern Translation: Sweet Nothings

Language		Translations for "sweet nothings"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏لا شىء من الحلاوة. (various references)

German		turteln (bill and coo, whisper sweet nothings). (various references)

Hebrew		�"ברי א�"ב�". (various references)

Hungarian		édes csacskaságok. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		痴話 (lovers talk), 喃語 (baby babble, gaga, goo-goo, lover's whispers, whispered intimacies). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		な�"�" (baby babble, difficult word, gaga, goo-goo, lover's whispers, whispered intimacies), ちわ (lovers talk). (various references)

Pig Latin		eetsway othingsnay

Spanish		ternezas, palabras de amor. (various references)

Turkish		tatlı sözler (words of endearment), havadan sudan konuşma (small talk). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Sweet Nothings

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-g-h-i-n-n-o-s-s-t-t-w"
	-3 letters: nontheists, whetstones, whinstones.
	-4 letters: egestions, ghostiest, goethites, hessonite, histogens, honestest, honesties, intensest, noisettes, nontheist, nonwhites, sennights, sentients, sheetings, sightseen, sweetings, teethings, teosintes, thingness, tightness, tinstones, whetstone, whinstone, whiteness.
	-5 letters: egestion, egotists, entwines, entwists, essonite, ethnoses, genoises, ghettoes, goethite, goneness, gothites, histogen, histones, nettings, newsiest, nighness, noisette, nonwhite, nothings, osteites, seething, sennight, sentient, settings.
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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern

5. Images: Photo Album
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern

9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography

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