Candy Crusher

plural Candy Crushers

1. One who plays the tile-matching video game Candy Crush.

   It is open to everyone-from hardcore gamers to Candy Crushers and role-playing adventurers.

   2014 September 21, “Philanthropies”, in News Sentinel, page 2E

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   These “candy crushers” are among the millions who have become hooked on the online game Candy Crush Saga, which many play through Facebook.

   2013 April 25, Joe Sylvester, “Gamers have a ‘crush’ on ‘candy’”, in The Times Leader, page 1C

   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.

   2013 June 21, John Boone, “6 Reasons Candy Crush Saga Is the Most Infuriating Game...Ever”, in E! News; quoted in Bob Johnson, “This Crush harmless; or at least that’s hope”, in Daily Journal, 25 June 2013, page B8

   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).

   2013 July 30, Steve Dorfman, “Are you obsessed with Candy Crush? Popular online video game is not so sweet for relationships.”, in The Palm Beach Post, volume 105, number 128, page D5

   Now I must admit that unlike many of you fellow Candy Crushers I am only on a meager level 50.

   2013 October 24, Kimberlei N. Davis, “‘Sweet,’ ‘tasty,’ ‘delicious’ … ‘Sugar Crush’”, in The Times and Democrat, volume 132, number 297, page A2

   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.

   2014 March 26, Richard Goodwin, “Candy Crush is the crystal meth of the commute”, in Evening Standard, page 17