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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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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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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])
Incoheroent
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: in ko hero ent
Sentence: When Brooke met her new hunky Manager,Ryan, she became incoheroent. Each time she saw him, she was so bedazzled and tongue-tied that her friends called her The Babbling Brooke.
Etymology: Incoherent (unable to express yourself clearly or fluently) & Hero (someone you idolize)
Cardiolinguofuse
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /"kärd-E-O-'li[ng]-gw&-"fyüz/
Sentence: Normally, he was a smooth talker, but around Sam, he would almost always cardiolingofuse into an inarticulate lump of blushes and giggles.
Etymology: Cardio- (heart) + linguo- (tongue) + -fuse (become indistinguishable, as in confuse)
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.
Slobergasted
Created by: tommyboy
Pronunciation: der
Sentence: that ugly broad is so obviously slobergasted she she spoke carnally out of tongue.
Etymology: slobber & flabbergasted
Incrusherent
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)
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
Lipostucktion
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: lip/oh/stuk/shun
Sentence: Every time she tried to speak her words got sucked back in and twisted. She was suffering from lipostucktion.
Etymology: lip + stuck + liposuction
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COMMENTS:
nice one - galwaywegian, 2011-02-15: 03:44:00
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Eloklutz
Created by: Mrgoodtimes
Pronunciation: El-Uh-Kluts
Sentence: Although she graduated at the top of her toastmasters class in 2010, any interaction Dr. McSassy resulted in uncontrolled eloklutz followed by a quick rendition of the "Robot" dance move from the 80's.
Etymology: Eloquence - Klutz
