heartthrob
nounUK /ˈhɑːtˌθɹɒb/ · US /ˈhɑɹtˌθɹɑb/
Etymology From heart + throb.
1
A heartbeat.
2
The object of one’s desires or infatuation; a sweetheart.
3
A handsome male celebrity.
- And really, Michael Jackson is a more fitting aspiration for the similarly sexless would-be-former teen heartthrob, who’s compared himself to the late King Of Pop (perhaps a bit prematurely) on several occasions and sings in a Jackson-like croon over a sample of “We’ve Got A Good Thing Going” on Believe’s “Die In Your Arms.”2012 June 26, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2020:
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