pash

A teenager has a pash for collecting vintage comic books.

Definition

1. Noun (slang):

   • A strong infatuation or crush: "pash" is a shortened form of "passion," referring to an intense but often short-lived romantic or sexual attraction toward someone.
   • An object of such infatuation: It can also denote the person who is the focus of this feeling.

2. Verb (slang, chiefly Australian and New Zealand):

   • To kiss passionately: "pash" means to engage in prolonged, intense kissing, often as a casual or romantic act.
   • To have a crush on: In some contexts, it can mean to feel a strong infatuation for someone.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • She has a pash for her new coworker. (She has a strong crush on him.)
  • He was my first pash in high school. (He was the first person I had a crush on.)

• Verb:

  • They were pashing in the back of the car. (They were kissing passionately.)
  • I pash for her, but she doesn't know. (I have a crush on her, but she is unaware.)

Advanced Usage

• "Pash rash": a humorous term for the redness or irritation around the mouth caused by prolonged passionate kissing.

  • After the party, he had a pash rash from kissing so much. (He had visible irritation from intense kissing.)

• "To pash on": to kiss someone intensely.

  • They spent the whole movie pashing on. (They were kissing passionately throughout the film.)

Variants and Related Words

• Pashable (adj): worthy of or suitable for passionate kissing.

  • He's quite pashable, I think. (He is attractive enough to kiss passionately.)

• Pash-fest (n): a situation or event characterized by a lot of passionate kissing.

  • The party turned into a pash-fest. (Many people were kissing passionately.)

Synonyms

• Crush: a brief but intense infatuation.
• Snog (British slang): to kiss passionately.
• Make out (informal): to engage in prolonged kissing.

Phrasal Verbs

• Pash off: to kiss someone in a casual or dismissive manner.
  • She pashed him off after the date. (She kissed him briefly and left.)

Related Idioms

• Have a pash on someone: to be infatuated with someone.

  • He's had a pash on her for months. (He has had a crush on her for a long time.)

• Pash and dash: a casual, brief romantic encounter involving kissing but no further commitment.

  • Their relationship was just a pash and dash. (It was a short-lived, superficial romance.)