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Candy Crusher
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English
Etymology
From en Candy Crush er occupation.
Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Candy Crusher.wav US
Noun
1
One who plays the tile-matching video game Candy Crush.
en Joe Sylvester Gamers have a ‘crush’ on ‘candy’ The Times Leader 25 April 2013 1C https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/532635791/ These “candy crushers” are among the millions who have become hooked on the online game Candy Crush Saga, which many play through Facebook.
en John Boone 6 Reasons Candy Crush Saga Is the Most Infuriating Game...Ever w:E! News https://www.eonline.com/news/432154/6-reasons-candy-crush-saga-is-the-most-infuriating-game-ever 21 June 2013 quoted in Bob Johnson This Crush harmless; or at least that’s hope Daily Journal 25 June 2013 B8 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/146086205/ Sure, in the moment you may want to scream at a senior citizen, kick a puppy or burn your home to the ground, but there’s no greater feeling than bonding with another Candy Crusher over how insane the game makes you. https://web.archive.org/web/20251212074011/https://www.eonline.com/news/432154/6-reasons-candy-crush-saga-is-the-most-infuriating-game-ever 12 December 2025
en Steve Dorfman Are you obsessed with Candy Crush? Popular online video game is not so sweet for relationships. w:The Palm Beach Post 105 128 30 July 2013 D5 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/163731214/ For Facebook users, your progress up the levels can automatically be sent in updates to your Facebook friends (as well as fellow Candy Crushers who you probably don’t even know, so you can see how you measure up).
en Kimberlei N. Davis ‘Sweet,’ ‘tasty,’ ‘delicious’ … ‘Sugar Crush’ w:The Times and Democrat 132 297 24 October 2013 A2 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/440445772/ Now I must admit that unlike many of you fellow Candy Crushers I am only on a meager level 50.
en Richard Goodwin Candy Crush is the crystal meth of the commute w:Evening Standard 26 March 2014 17 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/711758152/ Still, it’s not just the decline of civilisation that worries me, nor the (related) effect on Tube manners (Candy Crushers are rarely very chivalrous). Moreover, you could argue that if it wasn’t for smartphones, it would be Sudoku or crosswords or scrimshaw.
en Philanthropies News Sentinel 21 September 2014 2E https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/777744814/ It is open to everyone-from hardcore gamers to Candy Crushers and role-playing adventurers.
en w:Douglas Lain The Bash Bash Revolution w:Night Shade Books 2018 978-1-59780-616-9 Each phone is taken from one of two cardboard boxes at the front of the bus, silently passed along between the Candy Crushers and, with an occasional over-the-shoulder gesture, moved through an elaborate process to another cardboard box in the back.
en Jack Lewis The Science of Sin: Why We Do The Things We Know We Shouldn’t Bloomsbury Sigma 2018 978-1-4729-3617-2 These are the slaves to technology: the Candy Crushers, the Facebook fanatics, the Insta-idlers, the Snapchat servants and Twitter twiddlers who spend every spare minute absorbed by their screens.
en Rose A. Truscio: May 5, 1923 - June 21, 2019 w:The News & Observer 155 176 25 June 2019 7A https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/653647861/ She loved music, old movies, and keeping up with family and friends via Facebook and email. She was an accomplished card player, Candy Crusher, and loved all social gatherings.
en L. O. Boult Stag Hunt 2020 9798655125858 ‘I’m quite partial to Candy Crush, I play it on my wife’s sometimes.’ Your bad marriage does not mean that my marriage will be bad you Candy Crusher, he thought to himself.
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