Love that's too skinny to survive. It's not properly fleshed out, and is doomed to failure.
guy 1: "you think Bob and Alice's relationship will last the year?"
guy 2: "nah, that's only skinny love holding them together"
by zditre September 11, 2011
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When you're in a relationship because you need to be, but that's not necessarily why you should be in a relationship. And that's skinny; it doesn't have weight. Skinny love doesn't have a chance because it's not nourished.
girl: dude you should break up with her its obvious you guys only have skinny love at this point!
guy: but i don't know how to be single again!
by zamboni2000 June 9, 2012
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when two people like each other a lot, but have no chance of being together. This is because there is nothing that can connect these two people, and they are too shy to talk about that topic/ to talk to each other at all.
Those two have been crushing on each other for a really long time. Nothing will ever happen because there's only skinny love between them.
by paradisepony January 2, 2016
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2 people in love who are too shy to say it.
Aww they're in love aren't they? How long will it stay skinny love before someone has the courage to say it?
by Jewel Moreno May 3, 2015
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a bit different to the typical definition of skinny love but still a similar construct.
When a relationship that was once filled with love and laughter ends due to no one's fault. The two involved still have immense love for one another, and care so deeply (usually one more than the other but not always). They still keep each other in their lives platonically, but when people see them out together no one would guess they broke up by the way they interact with one another and look at each other. They pretend they are over each other, and the romantic love is gone but they both know that's not true. The friendship always ends tho, in one of two ways. most commonly they go down their separate paths after trying so hard to keep their friendship, or the more unlikely, one of the two is brave enough to fight for their relationship, however, no one is usually brave enough and it ends.
friend: I want what you and Griffin have, the way you guys look at each other is everything
me: Actually Griffin and I broke up about a month ago
friend: WHAT?? what happened?? are you okay?? I saw you guys together yesterday! I saw the way you looked at each other. Theres no way.
me: no... I'm not okay, but we will be. we still love and care for each other.. it just wasn't working between us... so we broke up.. we are friends.. but its a kind of skinny love now.
friend: oh, be careful, I heard those never work well.
me: I know... but he's worth it.
by Hippo broach May 14, 2019
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When two people like each other but are to afraid to admit it but show it anyway
She liked him and he liked her skinny love lol over again !
by Sydneyooooo August 13, 2018
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A guy who is very skinny, kind of awkward, and yet oddly attractive. Can be used as a description or nickname.
"I went home with a skinny love last night"
"Oh whats he like?"
"Scrawny and white...the usual"
by needy for a weedy shy guy October 12, 2009
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