以下为女性最讨厌(左)和最能接受(右)的20个昵称。
 

　　'There’s a lot of power in a name and each one throws up different connotations so it’s important to know which ones will flatter a partner and which are definitely not going to have the right effect.’

　　昵称包含了很多言外之意，每个昵称都有不同的暗示，所以弄清楚哪些昵称会使另一半开心，而哪些可能起反作用很重要。

　　One in ten husbands and boyfriends admitted they let their partner call them a soppynickname they would dread their friends ever finding out. Meanwhile one in ten Britons surveyed revealed that they were left embarrassed when others discovered their private nickname, with 44 per cent accidentally using it when others were around.

　　十分之一的男士承认会让他们的另一半给自己取一个情意绵绵以至于不敢让朋友知道的昵称。与此同时，十分之一的受访英国男士透露，曾有被他人知道这些私密昵称而让自己处于尴尬境地的经历，44%都是碰巧在其他人在场的情况下使用这样的昵称。

　　‘Of course personal nicknames, when born out of affection, are a nice thing for partners to have between one another,’ added the spokesman. ‘Although as we’ve seen they aren’t always names we want shared publicly. ‘There’s a lot to be read from a name, and sometimes using too strongly cliched or overly-soppy pet names for someone we like will just be seen as insincere.’

　　“当然，那些本身充满爱意的个人昵称对于情侣是一件好事，虽然这些昵称并不是我们愿意在大众面前分享的。”该发言人补充道，“一个名字能解读出很多含义，有时候用太刻板或太肉麻的昵称反而会显得不够真诚。”