pour honey on

noun

To praise or encourage wholeheartedly.

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Meanings

nounpour honey on (third-person singular simple present pours honey on, present participle pouring honey on, simple past and past participle poured honey on)

present singular third person pours honey on · participle present pouring honey on · participle past poured honey on · past poured honey on

  1. idiomaticslangtransitiveTo praise or encourage wholeheartedly.

    Y'all Be Pouring Honey On Anybody

    2024 May 31, @listenandshit, Twitter
    2 more examples

    You tryna pour honey on a midget lol

    2024 April 30, @_312DARIUS, Twitter

    Tyrese Maxey i would pour honey on you but you play for the sixers you can get a fist bump lil nigga 🤜🏾

    2024 May 1, @stymead, Twitter

Origin

A aphorism first quoted by boxing heavyweight Riddick Bowe in a February 1993 edition of New York Magazine: "If you see me in a fight with a bear, do me a favor—pour honey on me”. Later in a 2023 Instagram post by Lebron James: "If you ever see me fighting in the forest with a Grizzly bear, HELP THE BEAR [crown emoji]" to which Shannon Sharpe replied "I'm pouring honey on you GOAT," both referring to a variation on Bowe’s aphorism. An earlier variation by Shannon Sharpe in a Twitter post in 2017: “IF* you see me and a bear fighting pour honey on me and help the bear.”

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APA

pour honey on. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pour%20honey%20on

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“pour honey on.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pour%20honey%20on. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pour honey on,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pour%20honey%20on.

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