calf-love

noun

Definition of calf-lovenext
as in puppy love

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  1. puppy love
  2. flirtation
  3. entanglement
Noun
  • And for a few minutes in Kyiv, cultures, death and geopolitics yielded to the power of sweetness and puppy love, as well as the symbolism of resilience and protection.
    — Laurie Kellman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
  • There's nothing like puppy love — and that goes for the famous four-legged friends, too!
    — Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026
Definition of puppy love
Noun
  • Just look at the discourse surrounding LSU and Kiffin's recruiting efforts from Tiger fans and beat writers following the news of Royal's flip to Florida and Hudson's open flirtation with Nebraska.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Past albums have varied between melodic indie rock, jagged art rock, and even flirtations with hardcore.
    — Brendan Hay, SPIN, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of flirtation
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  • Trump successfully tapped into these grievances by promising to scale back international entanglements and bring back factories and manufacturing jobs.
    — Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Scientists at the University of Oxford developed a quantum network using two different atoms, strontium and calcium, and achieved a record entanglement time of 10 seconds.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of entanglement
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