lovey-dovey

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lovey-dovey

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  1. informal Affectionate in a rather mushy or oversentimental fashion. And then when she'd put me right off, and I didn't want her, she'd come all lovey-dovey, and get me. And I always went.

    Similar: kissy-kissy

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Españolamartelado, acaramelado
中文卿卿我我 qīngqīngwǒwǒ, 膩膩歪歪 /腻腻歪歪 nìnìwāiwāi
Deutschturteltäubig
עבריתצֶמֶד חֶמֶד tzémed ẖémed

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@misc{lovey_dovey_2026,
  title = {lovey-dovey},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lovey-dovey},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}