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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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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])
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
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
Tounginchicing
Created by: Computergeek
Pronunciation: Toungue-in-cheek-ing
Sentence: The thought of dating him was so overwhelming she kept tounginchicing
Etymology: to have your toungue in your cheek
Stamenamoured
Created by: ekath
Pronunciation: st-am-en-ahhm-erd
Sentence: Is she flighty or is she actually that unintelligent? Oh no, shes just stamenamoured. Oh.
Etymology: from stammer + enamoured
Volespeak
Created by: allwise
Pronunciation: voul-spiik
Sentence: She couldn't believe it, Dick was standing in front of her, and all she could do was to volespeak -"H-hey Cock, who are you doing?"
Etymology: vole - obfuscation of love speak - something most people do.
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
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)
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
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)
