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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.
Verboticisms
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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
Inarticulove
Created by: Discoveria
Pronunciation: In-ar-tick-cue-love
Sentence: Brenda was afflicted with inarticulove for the postman...unfortunately the postman had no such problems: "You're ugly, love!"
Etymology: In love + inarticulate. Articulate: to speak, suggests proper speech/eloquence.
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COMMENTS:
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-02-12: 10:57:00
Spare a thought for poor Brenda! :D - Discoveria, 2007-02-12: 17:34:00
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Hughmorous
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: hew-merr-uss
Sentence: when he said he'd pick her up at 'sex-thirty...i mean half past sex..um...how does quarter to seven sound?'..she couldn't help but find it hughmorous
Etymology: hugh grant, amorous, humorous
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COMMENTS:
Hugh Grant. of course! Nice =) - allwise, 2007-02-12: 02:46:00
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Crushonammer
Created by: Ahmad
Pronunciation: crush-on-mr
Sentence: she was so impressed with that handsome maojor that she could hardly speak. it was just a crushonammer i know. she will forget about him after some days.
Etymology: Crush on = to feel love for some one but for a short time, timely passions which vanish soon. Stammer = to speak with pauses.
Inflapuated
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)
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)
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)
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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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)
Lipstuck
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: lip/stuc
Sentence: She tried and tried but she was so lipstuck by his presence that she couldn't speak.
Etymology: lipstick + stuck
