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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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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
Awestuck
Created by: Mobelia
Pronunciation:
Sentence: She was so captivated by him that the mention of his name left her awestuck.
Etymology: From: Awestruck meaning disconcerted, agape, dazed and Stuck meaning disabled, marooned or immobile.
Splutteration
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)
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
Amorthick
Created by: mickey666
Pronunciation: amore-thick
Sentence: The dentist's finger probed her mouth and she could moan with pleasure in a rather sad and amorthick way.
Etymology: amor - love. thick - not the most clever.
Flirtblurt
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: FLERT-blert
Sentence: Whenever he saw the voluptuous Ms. Crabtree, Bobby was incapable of coherent speech. Today he flirtblurted, "May I have a hall ass?"
Etymology: flirt + blurt
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
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])
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
Attractofied
Created by: tealismyname
Pronunciation: attract- O- fied
Sentence: She was attractofied when ever she heard him speak
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