“Schnugglebum”, “sweet cheeks”, “schnookums” – let’s face it most loved-up couples have pet names for each other that would have the rest of us retching if they used them in public.

Mariah Carey, on the other hand, must think her status as a world-dominating pop diva makes her immune from pass-the-bucket syndrome.

She’d be wrong. Especially when her pet name for hubby Nick Cannon is: DJ SEX FINGERS!

It’s not enough that Mimi’s been using the cringe-some term in the privacy of their home, though. No, she had to go and get it iced on to Cannon’s bloody 29th birthday cake and present it to him in full view of revelers at a Las Vegas night club, last week.

The cake which was shaped like two turntables - and not two fingers, thank the Lord - was etched with the message: “Happy Birthday DJ Sex Fingers– Love MCC.”

If Nick wasn’t suitably embarrassed, MC then took to the mic and serenaded him with slushy powerballad, ’I Want To Know What Love Is’.

DJ Sex Fingers? Too. Much. Information.

Watch Mariah in sexy mode, here…

Mariah Carey performs "Touch My Body" live on MTV

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