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by DoreenMichele 2730 days ago
We have expressions like "I love you so much, I could just eat you up." The term "rough housing" may be the closest we get, but I don't think it's generally understood to be associated with cute aggression.

There's also the trope "I'll hug him and squeeze him and rub his fur backwards and call him George" which is a reference to an old Bugs Bunny cartoon.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jPdHaNr0OAY

Related: The Spanish have a word for this.

https://www.lizettegreco.com/roberto/nervio.html

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   a reference to an old Bugs Bunny cartoon
Which, in turn, was a reference to Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men".
Which is a book where a character kept killing cute things by being too aggressive with them...