heart balm
Any common remedy for those trying to get over heartbreak.
You have been so depressed ever since you and your girlfriend broke up. You need a heart balm, like a dog to keep you company or maybe you should join some clubs.
heart balm
A class of common law love crimes largely extinct but that generally would be awesome to be convicted of. Includes breach of a promise to marry, seduction of an unmarried female (sex under false pretenses of marriage), alienation of affections (persuading a married person to hate their spouse), criminal conversion (civil tort of adultery), and jactitation of marriage (pretending to be married to someone you're not).
Nick became eminently more popular after being convicted of heart balm for seducing Aaron's mom.