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What is crazy girlfriend?

No, not the misogynistic term commonly by dudes who blame their ex girlfriends on being "crazy" when in actuality it's a simplification of a number of mental illnesses.

I'm talking about the show that ran from 2015-2019, written by Rachel Bloom and Aline Brosh McKenna. A dark romantic comedy musical, that produced 157 original songs over the course of it's run.
It follows Rebecca Bunch, a successful lawyer living in New York whose motives in life are completely flipped around when she bumps into Josh Chan, a guy she dated for a onth when she was 16 at summer camp. She decides to move to his hometown, West Covina in Calefornia. Despite the shows name, the whole goal of the show is to take the harmful term back, and explain the reasons why it's harmful.
While Rebecca may seem like the perfect example of the "crazy ex-girlfriend", she suffers from undiagnosed Borderline Personality Disorder, and does bad things throughout the series that lead up to her diagnosis, all while trying to deal with romance. While she first tries to persue Josh Chan, it changes to a love triangle and then a "love quadrangle".

The show tries to explain female sexuality, mental health and morality, among other things. It's been praised for it's represantation, like a CASUALLY gay man, and the well written arc of a man discovering his bisexuality.
Also the songs are fucking awesome.

In conclusion, I recommend it, watch it, it's on Netflix.

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is my favourite show but it's rare I come across anyone who has watched it and I desperately need to rant about it, that's why I end up writing urban dictionary entries about it to get out my obsession.

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Crazy girlfriend - what is it?

Someone you wish to get away from. Perhaps leave the country and start a new life.

Said someone may rage on Facebook once called, "crazy ex." Typically results in affirming oneself as said "crazy ex"

Damn, that Beccey is one crazy ex girlfriend. Had to move away from New Zealand to start a new life.

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What does "crazy girlfriend" mean?

Overly attached crazy girlfriend mode, is when a girl gets extremely suspicious and wants all of your passwords and easy access to your phone. That said girlfriend usually has a low self esteem and thinks that you're trying to "chat up" or "hook up" with other girls behind her back. She starts to question everything you say and do.

Mallory: YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M DONE, GIVE ME ALL OF YOUR PASSWORDS!
Ryan: SCREW YOU, I'M SICK OF YOU GOING ALL OVERLY ATTACHED CRAZY GIRLFRIEND MODE ON ME!

casey: why did you break up?
Liam: she started to get to be controlling and it was really weird.

casey: mann I told her not to get on that overly attached crazy girlfriend mode.

liam: yeah well she didn't take you seriously, i guess.

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Crazy girlfriend - what does it mean?

Ex-Girlfriend who destroys things that you gave them as a way of "moving on". Also an ex-girlfriend that goes on a rampage after the break up.

"Man Lauren is a Crazy girlfriend! She went and burned all of Johns hoodies after the break up!"

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