MCM

On social media, Man Crush Monday is often used as the hashtag #ManCrushMonday or, in abbreviated form, #MCM. While many posts emphasize physical appearance or fashion styles, some Man Crush Mondays emphasize character, accomplishments, and personality, with #ManCrushMonday tagging popular scientists like Bill Nye and Neil deGrasse Tyson. Many media outlets also use Man Crush Monday as headlines or recurring features on their sites to highlight variously noteworthy men. One’s man crush can also be fictional (Homer Simpson) or historical (Napoleon). Many people will also use Man Crush Monday more personally to refer to one’s husband or a guy they like at school.

A related concept, as noted, is Woman Crush Wednesday, which debuted on Twitter in 2010. Like Man Crush Monday, Woman Crush Wednesday is dedicated to women that the poster finds admirable or attractive. Woman Crush Wednesday experienced a similar development to Man Crush Monday, with the first few references to it made by women talking about their woman crushes or girl crushes.

Man Crush Monday can refer, not just to the occasion or to the hashtag, but also to the crush himself. For instance, you could say “I heard Aldis Hodge was your Man Crush Monday” or “I just got to meet my #mcm!”