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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.
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Linguaslippa
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: ling-gwa-slip-ah
Sentence: Katie's linguaslippa caused her to always blurt out inappropriate things when Mark entered the room.
Etymology: lingua (i.e. the tongue) + slip
Flabbergushing
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: flab-er-guhsh-ing
Sentence: When Julie was introduced to her favorite movie star she babbled like a school girl. It was a real case of flabbergushing.
Etymology: flabbergast (to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound) + gushing (to express oneself extravagantly or emotionally; talk effusively)
Crusholalia
Created by: Buzzardbilly
Pronunciation: krəsh-ō-ˈlā-lē-ə
Sentence: n. Every time she tried to talk to him she was struck by a debiliatating case of crusholalia, leaving her unable to make sense and sounding like a dork.
Etymology: crush (in the sense of a temporary infatuation) + o (as a joiner between roots for flow) + lalia (the suffix used to denote abnormal speech such as copralalia [the uncontrollable yelling of curse words associated with some forms of Tourette's], glossolalia [speaking in tongues associated with some religions], and echolalia [the tendency to repeat what others say or the last word or syllable another said])
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.
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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Idolsmacked
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: eye doll smakd
Sentence: When Raven met Simon Cowell for the first time, she was idolsmacked. Not only was he gorgeous, British and finicky, he winked at her...leading her to believe she offered more of what he needed that she realized. It was not until she got to know him better that she realized he had a lazy eye and winked at everyone. She would have to actually rely on her natural singing skills! How dangerous would that be?
Etymology: Idol (a material effigy that is worshipped as a god; someone who is adored blindly and excessively;an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept)& Smacked (deliver a hard blow to;kiss lightly)
Incoheroent
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: in ko hero ent
Sentence: When Brooke met her new hunky Manager,Ryan, she became incoheroent. Each time she saw him, she was so bedazzled and tongue-tied that her friends called her The Babbling Brooke.
Etymology: Incoherent (unable to express yourself clearly or fluently) & Hero (someone you idolize)
Inflatulate
Created by: alphabetapolothology
Pronunciation:
Sentence: She inflatulated so profusely that he began to wonder if she had a speech impediment or was mentally challenged in some way.
Etymology: infatuatoin & flatulence
Likavirg
Created by: adbern
Pronunciation: lik-a-vurn
Sentence: Everytime when i have to spek to y boss , i feel me likavirg
Etymology: LIKe A VIRGin
Madulation
Created by: babel
Pronunciation: mad-u-laysh-un
Sentence: When Julie starting drooling when talking to Rupert her friends knew her madulation had reached a dangerous level.
Etymology: mad + adulation