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
  • Past albums have varied between melodic indie rock, jagged art rock, and even flirtations with hardcore.
    — Brendan Hay, SPIN, 12 Oct. 2026
  • And yet Melody also clearly engaged in some level of showmance — or at least super-duper mutual flirtation — with Drew, making for one of the franchise’s oddest romantic partnerships yet.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of flirtation
Noun
  • The core narrative, the ambiguous love story suggested by the film’s title, centers on the romantic and professional entanglements of two couples.
    — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Using this method, the researchers demonstrated genuine multipartite entanglement across 13 photonic qubits.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of entanglement
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