Verboticisms

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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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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Created by: tealismyname

Pronunciation: attract- O- fied

Sentence: She was attractofied when ever she heard him speak

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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

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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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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)

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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.

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: in flap yu ayted

Sentence: Missy Whitetoast was so excited to meet her Bollywood Idol, Mr. Ovthee I. Singh, that her tongue tripped over her teeth and lips. She was so inflapuated with Mr. Singh, she Mumbaied her words. By her own Calcuttalations, her ardor at meeting him exceeded everyone else's. She would have to Goa long way to curry his favor and become his next romantic heroine in one of his films. It was her AGRAvation to be so close to her idol and not be able to pakora-up. In consolation, she would put on her Madras Jodhpurs and go down to the New Delhi and treat herself to a Darjeeling Tea. Naan is so blind as they who cannot see...

Etymology: Infatuated (marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness) & Flap(an excited state of agitation;make a fuss; be agitated;pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds)

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: in - crush - hear - ent

Sentence: Belinda became incrusherent whenever Samson entered the room. She had a master's degree in English and worked as a speech therapist but could not help herself speak clearly when she was near him.

Etymology: incoherent (unable to express yourself clearly or fluently), crush (puppy love, infatuation)

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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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