If you are a young user of social networks and the best apps for flirting and meeting people, you will have no problem understanding what other people mean when they talk about “their crush”. However, if you are an older person – a real boomer – or not used to the language of the Internet, you may not understand what this term refers to.
It is a tremendously popular word on social networks, used mostly among groups of friends or people who are very trusting of each other. The term began to be used approximately in 2013 -although there is no exact date- thanks to the irruption of Instagram and its instant messaging system, but above all, thanks to the popularization of mobile dating applications such as Tinder or Grindr, among many others.
what does “Crush” mean? It is a word that comes from English and refers to a love that is felt suddenly, possibly idealized, and possibly never going to materialize. It is that attraction you feel for a person you have seen on the Internet or on social networks, and that shows that there is a connection in some way.
In other words, it could be defined as “love at first sight” or “crush” but through the Internet. But it has the connotation that it is difficult to go beyond the mere online connection. That is, a “crush” may never be devirtualized, for whatever reason.
That is why it is used a lot among groups of friends with an ironic character, or in a nostalgic way. “This is the photo of my crush”, that is to say, of that person with whom I may not be able to meet, usually because he/she will not pay attention to me, or because he/she lives miles away.
This platonic connotation serves to refer to someone you keep thinking about, but the existing relationship is nothing more than an illusion, something that will not materialize.
Anyway, it should be noted that this is the meaning of “crush” as a noun. If it were translated into Spanish as a verb, it would be referring to “to crush, crush, squeeze, squeeze, stomp”. That could also be somehow related to the feeling that remains when love is not reciprocated, couldn’t it?
