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man crush

noun

Definitions

  1. An intense and typically nonsexual feeling of attraction toward and admiration for a man.

    • 2005 August 11, Tyler Kirtley, Letter to the Editor, The New York Times, Far from feeling threatened, my girlfriend finds solace in them and would view any young man not admitting to a man crush as uncomfortable with his sexuality.

  2. A crush on (sexual attraction toward) a man.

    • 2004, Joyce Anthony Huff, Meadowlark, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 52, “[…] Her old man crushes were always just that—crushes. But maybe she really is dating him. […]”

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