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minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down5·2 months agoYeah, I think it was gen Z that started saying “my crush” instead of “someone I have a crush on” years ago. I’ve always thought it was a weirdly possessive way of phrasing it.
minus-squareCoolMatt@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up26·2 months agoI’m a 32 yo millenial and the first time i read “my crush” in a sentence was in a teen magazine when I was 12 yeard old, and from context, it definitely meant “person I have a crush on” It’s nothing new
minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoYeah, probably. I know nobody who says it is actually thinking that way - it just hits my ear a little differently.
minus-squareBuddahriffic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months ago“My” can mean possession or it can mean association.
Yeah, I think it was gen Z that started saying “my crush” instead of “someone I have a crush on” years ago.
I’ve always thought it was a weirdly possessive way of phrasing it.
I’m a 32 yo millenial and the first time i read “my crush” in a sentence was in a teen magazine when I was 12 yeard old, and from context, it definitely meant “person I have a crush on”
It’s nothing new
I think you’re looking into it too much
Yeah, probably. I know nobody who says it is actually thinking that way - it just hits my ear a little differently.
“My” can mean possession or it can mean association.
I hear ya. It’s all about context.