puppy love en · NOUN
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(derogatory, informal, uncountable) A childish or youthful infatuation with another person.
How does a little girl in the second grade who was raised upper-middle class begin to explain that she's fallen into undeniable puppy love with her second grade teacher, Mrs. Dawson?
1984 December 15, Cindy Rivas, “With a Little Help...”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 22, page 12:They're only teenagers; it's hard to take their puppy love seriously.
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nl kalverliefde (youthful infatuation with another person) · cmn 早戀 /早恋 (youthful infatuation with another person) · hu diákszerelem (youthful infatuation with another person) · fi nuori lempi (youthful infatuation with another person) · ms cinta monyet (youthful infatuation with another person) · af kalwerliefde (youthful infatuation with another person) · fr amourette (youthful infatuation with another person) · gd gaol na h-òige (youthful infatuation with another person) · eo ameto (youthful infatuation with another person) · hu kamaszszerelem (youthful infatuation with another person) · hu bakfisszerelem (youthful infatuation with another person)