Men who are intimidated by the reality of female sexuality quite often sublimate their feelings into a fascination, or minor obsession, with ladies' underwear.
They of course had no idea that what had started as a minor obsession (and a way to use the unheated gallery in winter) would turn into a local phenomenon.
Prior, viewers picked up on the fact that Will's lack of physical connection with her became one of Gabi's "minor obsessions".
I've developed a minor obsession with how the various Republican education plans don't make sense even on their own terms.
In Psych IV, during her final year at Wellesley, she reclassified her weakness as simple curiosity, a minor obsession.
Tom Paris had a minor obsession with speed, and Seven had always scoffed at it.
How Polynesian culture gets projected onto our national screen is a minor obsession of mine.
It's a minor obsession, but an obsession nonetheless.
In his initial comic appearances, the Russian was shown to have a minor obsession with American pop culture.
Charts flash on television screens and computer monitors, inspire animated debate and wild expectations, and become minor obsessions.