type
noun / verb
pronounced
/love-bombing/
emerged
recent
status
mainstream

love bombing

   warning, serious

the one-line answer

Overwhelming someone with affection early in a relationship to create dependency.

Love bombing is when someone floods you with attention, compliments, gifts, and intensity very early in a relationship. It feels amazing at first. It is a manipulation tactic.

mainstream

Your coworker might use this word.

01 / in the wild

hear it move.

warning
he texted her twenty times a day and called constantly. that's love bombing.
He was overwhelming her with attention as a manipulation tactic.