Crush Zone

Roisin's comment: Ah the subtle art of not rising to the bait, well done! (By the way lamington is cake as far as I'm aware)

Roisin's comment: Thank you for agreeing with me, it's just one of my many mottos in life, I get so aggravated when people don't respond politely or when people are just generally rude, there isn't a need!

Roisin's comment: So I found and interesting article on the Internet, I typed in Crush into a well known search engine and then Wikipedia popped up with 'Crush see Puppy Love'

Interestingly the term puppy love was called calf love in Elizabethan times, and as we all know puppy love refers to a young romance thus called obviously because puppies are baby dogs.

After you start looking at one thing you then see something else that catches your eye when looking at this encyclopedic sites. The dictionary definition of the verb to crush is; to feel infatuation with or unrequited love for. As a noun a crush is: A short-lived and unrequited love or infatuation; the object of this infatuation. As for love as you can imagine there's loads of different meanings so firstly for the noun love:

love (countable and uncountable; plural loves)

(uncountable) An intense feeling of affection and care towards another person.
e.g. A mother’s love is not easily shaken.
(uncountable) A deep or abiding liking for something.
e.g. My love of cricket knows no bounds.
(uncountable) A profound and caring attraction towards someone.
e.g. Your love is the most important thing in my life.
(uncountable) A condition in which the happiness of another is essential to one's own happiness. (Paraphrased from a definition offered by Robert A. Heinlein, in Stranger in a Strange Land, 1961)
(countable) The object of one’s romantic feelings; a darling or sweetheart
e.g. I met my love by the gasworks wall.
(colloquial) A term of address, regardless of feelings.
e.g.Hello, love, how can I help you?
(racket sports) zero, no score.
e.g. So that’s fifteen-love to Kournikova.

For the verb to love there is:

to love (third-person singular simple present loves, present participle loving, simple past and past participle loved)

(transitive) To have a strong affection for.
e.g. I love my spouse.
(transitive) To need, thrive on.
e.g. Mold loves moist, dark places.
(transitive, colloquial) To be strongly inclined towards something; an emphatic form of like.
e.g. I love walking barefoot on wet grass.
I'd love to join the team.
(transitive) To care deeply about.
e.g. "You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart, and your whole mind, and your whole soul; you shall love your neighbor as yourself."
(transitive) To lust for.
(transitive, euphemism) To have sex with, (perhaps from make love.)
e.g. I wish I could love her all night long.

To link to the theme we're having next week lets look at what lust means, just to get those brains working. as a noun:
lust (uncountable)

Strong desire, especially of a sexual nature.
e.g. Upon seeing her, I was filled with lust

and as a verb:
to lust (third-person singular simple present lusts, present participle lusting, simple past and past participle lusted)

To very strongly desire.
To want to have sexual intercourse with.

So random information for you there, hope the food for thought I've laid out will promptly be consumed...

Roisin's comment: Right I thought it would be cool to spark a debate and get CZ heated up, so which is better love or lust? How can you tell the difference? Send in your submissions and please don't forget if you have any ideas for themes they would be much appreciated!


By the way Kerry will be doing the column next week as I'm going to Leeds Festival (it's a music festival in a place called Leeds in England, not far from where I normally live) so be nice!


Kerry says: Awesome I'm up for the challenge!