love bombing

English

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From love +‎ bombing.

Noun

love bombing (uncountable)

  1. An attempt to influence a person by lavish demonstrations of attention and affection.
    • 2022 January 10, Gina Cherelus, “What Is ‘Love Bombing’?”, in The New York Times‎[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 10 January 2022:
      But in cases of love bombing, attention flows in a single direction: One person tries to become the other’s whole world.
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Etymology 2

From love bomb +‎ -ing.

Verb

love bombing

  1. present participle and gerund of love bomb
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