Britain's theatrical and operatic elites have an argot all their own, one feature of which is the use of such terms of endearment as "darling," "ducky," "lovey," and so on, regardless of the sex, orientation, or job classification of either the addresser or the addressee.(The Week)(Brief Article)

National Review | May 17, 2004 | Copyright

* Britain's theatrical and operatic elites have an argot all their own, one feature of which is the use of such terms of endearment as "darling," "ducky," "lovey," and so on, regardless of the sex, orientation, or job classification of either the addresser or the addressee. These usages are so entrenched that "luvvy" is now a word in the (British) English language, used to refer to a person employed in the theatrical profession, or an aficionado thereof. These cheerful little scraps of Theatre-land dialect have now come under the scrutiny of Britain's Speech Police. A ...

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