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main squeeze
One's sweetheart, as in Nancy is his main squeeze . This slangy usage, first recorded in 1970, alludes to the “squeeze†of a hug.
One's boss, the highest authority, an important person. For example, Who's the main squeeze in this company? This slangy term was first recorded in 1896, and the precise allusion is unclear.
Example Sentences
But for now, podcasting is his main squeeze.
In 2019 she wooed fans at Coachella and rubbed elbows with the Kardashian-Jenner family; during the pandemic, she made a cameo in the video for Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s incendiary “W.A.P.†and became main squeeze to Puerto Rican pop star Rauw Alejandro.
At my long-delayed annual checkup, my doctor asked how I was doing, living so far from my main squeeze during isolating pandemic days.
She even joined an all-woman accordion orchestra — the Main Squeeze.
This is a complicating factor for a nation inducing a return to a baseline of economic activity: People just don’t want to do that much if their main squeeze can’t come along, especially if they think their fun could get that squeeze sick.
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