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instalove

instalove noun: quick or instantaneous affection.

Noun

instalove (uncountable)

  1. (informal, neologism) Quick or instantaneous affection.
    • These women didn’t have time to fall in love. As soon as they met a guy who was Good Enough, they pushed a little button somewhere and were imbued with InstaLove.2007 March 23, John Blesso, “Raw Oysters and Steak Tartare”, in Sharehouse Confidential: Sex, Drugs and the Single Life Inside an Epicurean Beach House: a memoir, New York: Silk City Press, →ISBN...
    • We desperately wanted their relationship to develop naturally and not be a case of instalove.2018, Piper Rayne, Birth of a Baby Daddy, unnumbered page

Synonyms of instalove

Forms of instalove

alternative forminsta-love

Origin of instalove

From insta- + love.

Questions about instalove

What does instalove mean?
Instalove means quick or instantaneous affection.
What part of speech is instalove?
Instalove is a noun.

Words near instalove in the dictionary

  1. instalments
  2. instalock
  3. instalocked
  4. instalocking
  5. instalocks
  6. instalove
  7. instals
  8. instalust
  9. Instamatic
  10. Instamatics
  11. instamine

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