Darling

"Darling" is a common term of affection noteworthy for its idiosyncratic misuse by Chris. While the term, when used by an adult male for an adult female, almost always carries romantic associations, Chris says that he uses it purely in a platonic manner and cannot understand why the objects of his affection find it creepy. It is possible that because Chris sees himself as a woman, he thinks he can escape the gendered meaning of the word, ignoring that an actual lesbian saying it to another woman would be only modestly less creepy. Less commonly, Chris also uses "dear" in the same way.

The term first appeared as Chris's default form of address for DoopieDoOver, which most trolls and later Doopie herself recognized as Chris attempting to hit on a potential Sweetheart. Chris's incessant use of the term was a key factor in making Doopie feel uncomfortable with interacting with him and setting the stage for the climax of the Doopie Saga. Chris later brought the term back when interacting with Doopie's friend LadyOfTheCosmo, who turned out to be much less tolerant of it than Doopie and went on an A-Logging screed after Chris kept bothering her. She tried to convince Chris, to no avail, of the typical connotations of the word before blocking him; Chris responded by using his sockpuppet account to roleplay the "proper" use of the term.