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DEFINITION: n. A person who is so heels-over-head obsessed with someone, that they trip over their own tongue every time they meet them. v. To be so infatuated that you trip over your tongue.
Verboticisms
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Contortionlinguist
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: con/tor/shun/lin/gwist
Sentence: Sally often got so tongue tied that she was referred to as a contortionlinguist.
Etymology: contortionist + linguist
Hughmorous
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: hew-merr-uss
Sentence: when he said he'd pick her up at 'sex-thirty...i mean half past sex..um...how does quarter to seven sound?'..she couldn't help but find it hughmorous
Etymology: hugh grant, amorous, humorous
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COMMENTS:
Hugh Grant. of course! Nice =) - allwise, 2007-02-12: 02:46:00
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Fumblestruck
Created by: ahwinters
Pronunciation: fum + bull + struk
Sentence: Florence was so fumblestruck when she spoke to her that she was barely comprehensible.
Etymology: fumble + struck
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COMMENTS:
Nice one! Rolls nicely on the tounge. Now voted on. - allwise, 2007-02-12: 09:00:00
Any connection to 'thunderstruck'? - Discoveria, 2007-02-12: 17:38:00
haha, great word - babel, 2007-02-12: 20:05:00
welcome back Babel - Jabberwocky, 2007-02-13: 10:59:00
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Twitterpated
Created by: Sed8ed
Pronunciation: twit-her-pay-ted
Sentence: Anyone could tell Lisa was twitterpated with Bob by the way she lost her ability to complete a sentence when she spoke to him.
Etymology:
Lustbungle
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: lust + bungle
Sentence: Every time I saw her, I started to lustbungle everything up.
Etymology: Lust + bungle.
Stardumbstruck
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: star dum struk
Sentence: She gazed at him, stardumbstruck, her heart pounding like a cornered rodent.
Etymology: stardom, dumbstruck
Inarticulove
Created by: Discoveria
Pronunciation: In-ar-tick-cue-love
Sentence: Brenda was afflicted with inarticulove for the postman...unfortunately the postman had no such problems: "You're ugly, love!"
Etymology: In love + inarticulate. Articulate: to speak, suggests proper speech/eloquence.
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COMMENTS:
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-02-12: 10:57:00
Spare a thought for poor Brenda! :D - Discoveria, 2007-02-12: 17:34:00
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Enuncibate
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: E-nun-see-bate
Sentence: Sue was so enamoured with the new guy at work that when he approached her and asked her when her shift was over, she enuncibated "sex" instead of "six".
Etymology: enunciate, masturbate
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COMMENTS:
this is one of my favorite words ever...too funny! - alphabetapolothology, 2007-02-13: 14:16:00
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Amorthick
Created by: mickey666
Pronunciation: amore-thick
Sentence: The dentist's finger probed her mouth and she could moan with pleasure in a rather sad and amorthick way.
Etymology: amor - love. thick - not the most clever.
Oopsessed
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: oop-sesst
Sentence: Michael was so oopsessed with Laura that he clenched his jaw shut every time she was near.
Etymology: oops + obsessed
