girl crush
See also: girl-crush
English
Alternative forms
- girl-crush
Noun
girl crush (plural girl crushes)
- (informal) A strong but usually nonsexual fondness experienced by one woman or girl for another.
- 2004, Caroline Knapp, The Merry Recluse: A Life in Essays, Counterpoint (2004), →ISBN, page 16:
- S. is a woman. I don't want to sleep with her — S. and I are both unambiguously heterosexual and my feelings for her are decidedly nonphysical — but I have a major crush on her all the same. This is a girl crush, big time.
- 2006, Emily Giffin, Baby Proof, St. Martin's Press (2006), →ISBN, page 181:
- “You look awesome,” she says, beaming. “Somewhat conservative and understated but with loads of style. If Tucker comes, she's going to be insanely jealous. I mean, she might even develop a girl crush.”
- 2010, Jill Murray, Rhythm and Blues, Doubleday Canada (2010), →ISBN, page 141:
- “Last week you hated her, and this week you're making her mixtapes? You totally have a girl crush!"
- For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:girl crush.
- 2004, Caroline Knapp, The Merry Recluse: A Life in Essays, Counterpoint (2004), →ISBN, page 16:
Synonyms
- womance
- sismance
Coordinate terms
- bromance
- man crush