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Men can be called darling. I call my husband darling. I've heard countless other couples wives call their husbands darling. I've also heard shopkeepers call male customers darling. Darling is defined as an affectionate form of address to a beloved person, so its not gender-specific and can be used between males/females alike. Theres nothing untoward about someone calling a man or a woman 'darling' and it works both ways. Hope I helped! :)

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http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dar...

Darling For Men

I call men darling all the time because it's hilarious lol.

Seriously though, the term darling is quite old fashioned and can be used for both men and women. In our generation, however, it seems to be mainly used for women.

Of course men can be called darling - it's only a nickname!

I call my man darling all the time.

Men can too, it's just a nickname, could go both ways.

Yes.

It's become an everyday endearment like' love', 'honey', ' ducks' ' or, where I'm from, ' our kid '

i'm not sure but a man can get called a penis.