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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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Cardiolinguofuse

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /"kärd-E-O-'li[ng]-gw&-"fyüz/

Sentence: Normally, he was a smooth talker, but around Sam, he would almost always cardiolingofuse into an inarticulate lump of blushes and giggles.

Etymology: Cardio- (heart) + linguo- (tongue) + -fuse (become indistinguishable, as in confuse)

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Adorabull

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: ah doe rah bull

Sentence: he was so adorable, he reduced her to stuttering adorabull.

Etymology: adorable bull

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Awestuck

Created by: Mobelia

Pronunciation:

Sentence: She was so captivated by him that the mention of his name left her awestuck.

Etymology: From: Awestruck meaning disconcerted, agape, dazed and Stuck meaning disabled, marooned or immobile.

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Stardumbstruck

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: star dum struk

Sentence: She gazed at him, stardumbstruck, her heart pounding like a cornered rodent.

Etymology: stardom, dumbstruck

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Lustbungle

Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: lust + bungle

Sentence: Every time I saw her, I started to lustbungle everything up.

Etymology: Lust + bungle.

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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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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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Pedestall

CharlieB

Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: ped-a-stall

Sentence: Poor Mary had such a crush on Don, whenever he spoke to her she ended up completely pedestalling. It was less a case of cool ardour, more ar-d'oh!

Etymology: pedestal (to glorify or idealise) + stall (to come to a standstill, be brought to a stop)

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Tongueled

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: tung-guld

Sentence: Shirley was so smitten with Herbie that she would get absolutely tongueled and become incapable of rational discourse whenever she was around him.

Etymology: blend of the words tongue and tangled

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Twitterprated

mrskellyscl

Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: twit-ter-pray-ted

Sentence: Bambi would become completely twitterprated when Tom walked into the room and act like a schoolgirl with her first crush. You would never know that she was a Speech Therapist by the inarticulate babble coming from her mouth.

Etymology: twitterpated: flighty, excited feeling you get when you see someone you are attracted to (from the movie Bambi)+ prate: to blather or babble on endlessly; foolish chatter

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