General
girl crush
What does girl crush mean?
The mainstream version: a woman's starry-eyed admiration for another woman she finds cool, gorgeous, or impossibly put-together. Framed as platonic, no attraction implied. You want to BE her or be her friend, not date her.
"Total girl crush on the new manager, she's so effortlessly stylish I can't cope."
Origin
Mainstream slang since the 2000s; the wlw scene reclaimed it knowingly, with the wink that a 'girl crush' is sometimes just a crush.
Frequently asked questions
Is a girl crush gay?
Not necessarily. In mainstream use it's platonic admiration. But the term gets used a lot to soften feelings someone isn't ready to name, so it sits on a spectrum.
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