Crush
Crush verb - To cause to become a pulpy mass.
Both words in one sentence
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Parodied in Spongebob Squarepants, where Pearl, in one episode, refers to her crush as "long, tan and handsome".
Source: Tall, Dark and Handsome -
The book's plot is kicked off when Tan Handron's crush Sanoma Tora is captured by Axtar's men and he leaves on a quest to rescue her.
Source: Royal Harem -
In Etotama, when Usa-tan is showing everyone a chart of which Eto-shin do and do not want Nya-tan included in the Chinese Zodiac, Moo-tan (who has a crush on Nya-tan and thus would be in her favor) is excluded because "she's too perverted to count."
Source: My Friends... and Zoidberg
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Tan and Crush. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/crush/tan
Crush & Tan. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/crush/tan>.
Tan or Crush. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/crush/tan.
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