I use it rarely, but there are no emo's to express the sentiment in this instance as adequately as that.
What I meant was, is when i'm addressing someone in the forum one on one, I don't like to use their full screen nik, so i'll shorten, or, personalize it, so that I feel like im using their real name. But with yours, I didn't wanna use "lil" or "cutie" (even more cheezy than abaayo, imo. but...

) so I chose abaayo. Hope that's clear.
Would you prefer walaal?