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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])

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Swoonerism

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: swew nurrr isim

Sentence: Her swoonerism raised eyebrows and temperatures among other things

Etymology: spoonerism, swoon

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COMMENTS:

welcome back! - mrskellyscl, 2009-09-14: 09:27:00

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Gahgahdrooler

Created by: abrakadeborah

Pronunciation: Gahhh-gahhh-drewl-er

Sentence: Miss Doyawanna Drool says to Becky, "Oh muhhhh goshhhhh I have become a gahgahdrooler when Antonio looks my way! I turn into a puddle of Doyawanna drool...I'm so gaga over him!" :)~

Etymology: Gahgah: taken from the word-Gaga; French, from gaga fool, of imitative origin Date: 1917 : crazy, foolish : marked by wild enthusiasm : infatuated, doting Drooler; One who drools ; to secrete saliva in anticipation of... :drivel : to make an effusive show of pleasure or often envious or covetous appreciation : to talk nonsense transitive verb : to express sentimentally or effusively

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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

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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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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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Twitterprated

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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