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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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Moonstutter

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: moōnstətər

Sentence: Julie won an appearance with her favorite singer from a contest held by a radio station. Despite her wobbly knees, she made it onstage only to moonstutter like a starstruck teenager. Oh wait, she IS a starstruck teenager.

Etymology: moon struck (unable to think or act normally, esp. because of being in love)+ stutter (talk with continued involuntary repetition of sounds)

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Jarbungle

DaddyNewt

Created by: DaddyNewt

Pronunciation: jahr-buhn-guhl

Sentence: Unfortunately, Penny jarbungled everytime she saw Frank.

Etymology: jargon + bungle

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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:

mrskellyscl welcome back! - mrskellyscl, 2009-09-14: 09:27:00

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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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Adorabull

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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Catounged

Created by: DistantRed

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Pedestall

CharlieB

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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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])

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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.

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Inflatulate

Created by: alphabetapolothology

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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

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