Deja Q
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Mon Mar-20-06 08:35 PM
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Why do they say a person has a "crush" on somebody else? |
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They're not trying to run others over with a steamroller, so I obviously don't understand the meaning. Would somebody be so kind and elaborate?
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Mon Mar-20-06 08:38 PM
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1. cause you want to envelop them in a 'crushing' embrace |
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Edited on Mon Mar-20-06 08:39 PM by MidwestMomma
followed by... :evilgrin:
(i don't think 'envelop'is right but I blame the wine)
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Mon Mar-20-06 08:50 PM
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The Online Etymology Dictionary says that in the sense of "person one is infatuated with" it is first recorded 1884 and to have a crush on is from 1913, with both uses deriving from the Old French "croisir," meaning to gnash (teeth), crash, or break. http://www.etymonline.com/c10etym.htm>
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