Wiktionary
n. (context idiomatic English) insubstantial or romantic words that are only meant to flatter, woo, or seduce.
WordNet
n. inconsequential expressions of affection; "he whispered sweet nothings into her ear" [syn: honeyed words]
Wikipedia
Sweet Nothings or Sweet Nothing may refer to:
Sweet Nothings is the name of Dog Fashion Disco's 7th studio album released in 2014. Their first album in eight years, the album was written and recorded after the band reunited in 2013, following an almost seven-year hiatus. It is the first album with Tim Swanson of Ideamen on keyboard. However, he played with the band on the 2006 tour in support for their previous album, Adultery. Todd Smith said about the new album: "It was a love letter to our fans who missed us and grew up listening to DFD".
Usage examples of "sweet nothings".
Hes been dead for years, but when I was little he would sit me on his lap in the living room of his big council house in Dagenham, the house that became the setting for Oranges For Christmas, and I would smell his Old Holborn roll-ups and his Old Spice aftershave as we listened to Frank sing sweet nothings on the music centre.
But we are expected to whisper sweet nothings in each others' ears.
But we are expected to whisper sweet nothings in each others’.
Milt went on doggedly, dragging air into his lungs as he plunged along, halting her every word, deluging her with sweet nothings, frenziedly couched in logical plans for the future, their happiness together, for the children, the two car garage, the backyard barbecues.
Some charlatan wanders through whispering sweet nothings in their ears and—.