The meaning and the usage of the word "pinning"
Many times I met this word but really confused what does it means. It usually appears when one person loves another but has no courage to confess (or at least I suppose so). I guess it is synonym to the word "flirting" but I am not sure, definitions from vocabulary are telling about "attach smth" or "fixed smth". But i am sure it is not the case.
The example of it usage in this context that I found recently: "Did you see that? What a sad, pinning guy."

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The meaning and the usage of the word "pinning"
Many times I met this word but really confused what does it means. It usually appears  when one person loves another but has no courage to confess (or at least I suppose so). I guess it is synonym to the word "flirting" but I am not sure, definitions from vocabulary are telling about "attach smth" or "fixed smth". But i am sure it is not the case.
The example of it usage in this context that I found recently: "Did you see that? What a sad, pinning guy."

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Hello, Morozova!

I think there is a bit of word confusion here:

To pin -- to attach or to fix something to another object.
 --- > I am pinning this note to my wall.

To pine -- to yearn or to long for someone or something.

---> She is pining for her boyfriend.

One word has two Ns, and the other only has one N. Be careful! :-]

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“Pinning” doesn’t make sense but neither does “pining”. You would never say “he is a pining guy”.
He is pining for her.
Stop pining away for her.

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It is "pining" when someone wants to be with someone (or something) but cannot: "He was pining for the girl of his dreams." "Pinning" is an incorrect spelling in this context.

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