main squeeze

1. One's boss, the highest authority, an important person. For example, Who's the main squeeze in this company? This slangy term was first recorded in 1896, and the precise allusion is unclear.

2. One's sweetheart, as in Nancy is his main squeeze . This slangy usage, first recorded in 1970, alludes to the “squeeze” of a hug.

Example Sentences

Specifically the creation of a jukebox musical called “& Juliet,” which strings together some of his biggest hits in service of an uproarious, feel-good plot that reimagines the heroine of Shakespeare’s famous teenage tragedy as her own woman — one who doesn’t decide to stab herself in the heart when her main squeeze drinks poison.

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But for now, podcasting is his main squeeze.

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In 2019 she wooed fans at Coachella and rubbed elbows with the Kardashian-Jenner family; during the pandemic, she made a cameo in the video for Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s incendiary “W.A.P.” and became main squeeze to Puerto Rican pop star Rauw Alejandro.

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At my long-delayed annual checkup, my doctor asked how I was doing, living so far from my main squeeze during isolating pandemic days.

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She even joined an all-woman accordion orchestra — the Main Squeeze.

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