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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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Pedestall
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)
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.
Hypnohush
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: hip/no/hush
Sentence: Hypnohush overtook her when she ran into the new manager, unable to stop staring, or mumble a word.
Etymology: hypnotic + hush
Slobergasted
Created by: tommyboy
Pronunciation: der
Sentence: that ugly broad is so obviously slobergasted she she spoke carnally out of tongue.
Etymology: slobber & flabbergasted
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
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
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
Burblegum
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: ber/bl/gum
Sentence: She developed an acute case of burblegum every time the office stud walked by. Her gums were flapping but only inarticulate sounds were escaping.
Etymology: bubble gum + burble
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
