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Gimme some sugar
Meaning
- A request for a hug or a kiss, usually directed at a child or a beloved family member. It is an affectionate, old-fashioned term of endearment.
Warm, affectionate
Used in a sentence
- Come here and give Grandma some sugar before you go to school.
- She always asks for some sugar whenever I leave the house.
- Gimme some sugar, you sweet little thing!
The backstory
Derived from the idea that the person being kissed is sweet, like sugar. It is a classic Southernism rooted in warmth and familial love.
Heard in
The South
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