Some Wodehousian forms of address
If you're lacking ideas how to call your family and friends, you may try these:
āold thingā,
āold eggā,
āold fruitā,
āmy little chickadeeā,
āyou old assā,
āmy fluttering old aspenā,
āmy dear old mysterious hinterā,
āold fever patientā,
āold ancestorā,
āold thicker than waterā,
āold flesh and bloodā,
ā(my dear) old relativeā,
āmy dear old faulty reasonerā,
āyou poor chumpā,
āmy poor lambā,
āmy misguided old objectā,
āyou ghastly goggle-eyed piece of gorgonzolaā,
āfaceā,
āuglyā,
āaged relativeā,
āyou young blotā,
āmy beamish boyā,
āold blood relationā,
āyou abysmal chumpā,
āLord Spodecupā (instead of āLord Sidcupā),
āmy (beautiful) bounding Bertieā,
āyou young hellhoundā,
āyou revolting objectā,
āyou young muttonheadā,
āmy dear old police sergeantā,
āpoor dithererā,
āAttilaā,
āWatsonā.





















