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What is man-crush?

Man crush is a very strong feeling that one straight man has for another, bordering on the romantic but not the sexual. It's love allright but not the love that makes you want to get into his pants. It can be stronger than the love between a man and a woman.

Man crush is like the relationship between Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson in Wedding Crashers.

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Man-crush - what is it?

Respect, admiration and idolization of another man. Non-sexual. Celebrities, athletes and rock stars are often the object of the man crush.

You can not have a man crush on a friend of yours. That is simply a strong friendship.

Two possible conditions for determining if you have a man crush are:

1. Badly wanting to be that man.
2. If your man crush approached your significant other and began hitting on her, you would excuse yourself and let him have her, at least temporarily.

I have a man crush on Sidney Crosby. I would likely sell my soul to be him and if he wanted to nail my girlfriend, I'd compliment him on his awesomeness and excuse myself.

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What does "man-crush" mean?

When a guy loves another guy dearly, not queerly

Guy 1: You heard about Aaron
Guy 2: Yeah, his man crushes are getting out of hand

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Man-crush - what does it mean?

For a man to have a very close platonic friendship and/or admiration for another man.

"Ben Affleck has had a man crush on Matt Damon for a long time."

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Man-crush - meaning

a secret crush/attractiveness/admiration a straight male feels towards another male that they may or may not admit to having (every guy has one)

my brother has a man crush on Taylor Lautner!!!!!

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Man-crush - definition

Noun.

When a heterosexual man has intense admiration for another man, to the point that it seems like sexual attraction (but it's not). This is usually a submissive-dominant relationship, since the person with the man crush will usually do or say anything to win the respect of (or a high-five from) the crushee.

Person 1: Jay's not here, he's off playing one-on-one basketball with Frank.

Person 2: I thought Jay hated sports.

Person 1: Man crush...

Person 2: Ah, say no more.

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Man-crush - slang

A man having extreme admiration for another man, as though he wants to be him.

First used by radio personality Greg Henson of Detroit's "Motor City Middays"

"I've got one hell of a man crush on Hugh Hefner. He's made all the right moves."

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Man-crush

A strong and extremely complicated positive emotion that a straight male feels towards another male. It is by no means homosexual, although it could possibly involve some degree of sexual attraction. This is not the type of sexual attraction that one would actually pursue; it is merely a complex sort of desire out of "fantasy" that is driven by jealousy and/or great admiration.

A 'man crush' can basically be described as not a homosexual lust, but a human lust.

You know that one football player who's a senior with the perfect skin, the perfect smile, the dark short hair, the soothing voice, the easygoing and fun attitude, and the perfectly tan and fit and muscular body that has all the girls on campus going crazy? I mean, c'mon, what guy DOESN'T have a man crush on him? He's perfect... It's so unfair... LOL

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Man-crush

A man who has a crush on another man without sexual attraction.

"Hey, Ted. I heard you spent the night over at Dave's."
"Yeah, we played twister and scrabble and watched movies, and spent all night talking, bizzatch."
"Dude, you're 35, acting like you're 12, and you're using his language. You've got a man crush."

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Man-crush

When a straight man has a "crush" on another man, not sexual but kind of idolizing him.

Many straight men end up having man crushes on Johnny Depp (I don't blame them).

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