pet name

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Users were invited to reveal their first pet name, as well as the first street on which they lived. These names are usually employed as backup/security questions.
通常，用戶被建議以自己第一衹寵物的名字或居住過的第一條街道的名稱作爲密碼安全問題。
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The researchers asked 222 volunteers who were involved in a romantic relationship to supply the partner's first name and two other words related to the partner, such as a pet name.
研究人員征集了222名処於戀愛中的志願者，詢問他們伴侶的名以及相關的另外兩個單詞，比如寵物名。
Rogge and his colleagues devised a test in which volunteers supplied their partner's first name and two other words that related to the person -- like a pet name or distinct characteristic.
Rogge和他的同事們設計的測試中，志願者提供他們伴侶的第一個名字，還有兩個和這個人相關的詞語，比如寵物的名字或者明確的特征。

He calls each an innocuous pet name, lest he accidentally type the wrong message into the wrong chat window.
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A pet name is a special name that you use for a close friend or a member of your family instead of using their real name.