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puppy love
Definition
Or: calf love / crush , an adolescent flirtation or infatuation. First recorded in the 1830s. Humorously defined by Louis J. Safian in An Irreverent Dictionary of Love and Marriage (1966) as: ' One that often leads to a dog's life.' See love for synonyms.
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