man crush

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man crush

noun man crushes

  1. colloquial An intense and typically non-sexual feeling of attraction toward and admiration from one man to another man. 2004, Mark St. Amant, Committed: Confession of a Fantasy Football Junkie, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 278, Another interesting note from the Super Bowl: aside from my season-long man-crush, Stephen Davis (who ultimately let me down in Week 15), and maybe his Panther teammate WR Steve Smith, who

    Similar: brolationship, bromance

  2. colloquial 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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@misc{man_crush_2026,
  title = {man crush},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/man%20crush},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}