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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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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)
Splutteration
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: splut-ter-ay-shun
Sentence: Many people are affected by splutteration; the inability to form correct, coherent sentences when in the presence of a crush.
Etymology: splutter (to stumble over one's words) plus adoration (love)
Adorabull
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: ah doe rah bull
Sentence: he was so adorable, he reduced her to stuttering adorabull.
Etymology: adorable bull
Attractofied
Created by: tealismyname
Pronunciation: attract- O- fied
Sentence: She was attractofied when ever she heard him speak
Etymology:
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)
Moonstuck
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: moōnˌstək
Sentence: When Dylan walked in the room, Georgia and her tongue would become moonstuck. For the past 4 months he had referred to her as Ally, not because he was given to creating alternate names for people but because when he had first asked her name she couldn\'t think of it. She knew it was a State but the only one that came to mind was Alabama.
Etymology: moonstruck (unable to think or act normally, esp. because of being in love) + stuck (be or become fixed or jammed in one place as a result of an obstruction)
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
Slobergasted
Created by: tommyboy
Pronunciation: der
Sentence: that ugly broad is so obviously slobergasted she she spoke carnally out of tongue.
Etymology: slobber & flabbergasted
Eloklutz
Created by: Mrgoodtimes
Pronunciation: El-Uh-Kluts
Sentence: Although she graduated at the top of her toastmasters class in 2010, any interaction Dr. McSassy resulted in uncontrolled eloklutz followed by a quick rendition of the "Robot" dance move from the 80's.
Etymology: Eloquence - Klutz
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:
