Gollum/Smeagol refers to the One Ring as "My Precious."
My precious is the name Gollum has given to the one ring. Bilbo found it and took it away from the caves under the mountain.
He is not talking to himself, he is referring to the ring which is "my precious".
he calls the ring; "the precious"
Gollum did not call himself precious. Precious referred to his ring, his precioussssss. In The Hobbit book, his nickname is Gollum because he makes "horrible swallowing noise in his throat, though he is always called himself 'my precious'." The movies do not exactly follow Tolkien's version.
The primary similarity is a love for precious metals and objects along with a deep seated greed.
Bilbo, Thorin, Smaug, Gandalf, Precious, the dwarves
He is not talking to himself, he is referring to the ring which is "my precious".
His precious
he calls the ring; "the precious"
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Season 3, Episode 17 "The Precious Fragmentation"
Gollum did not call himself precious. Precious referred to his ring, his precioussssss. In The Hobbit book, his nickname is Gollum because he makes "horrible swallowing noise in his throat, though he is always called himself 'my precious'." The movies do not exactly follow Tolkien's version.
The primary similarity is a love for precious metals and objects along with a deep seated greed.
The creature is named Gollum for the sound he makes in his throat. His real name was Smeagel and he was related to the hobbits.
Bilbo, Thorin, Smaug, Gandalf, Precious, the dwarves
Generally that would be a description of precious or semi-precious gems. Some ores containing precious metals may still be considered minerals and be expensive. In that case you would refer to them as "precious metal ore".
figurative language
Magic, right? I refer you to the hobbit & the lord of the rings.