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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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Lustbungle
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: lust + bungle
Sentence: Every time I saw her, I started to lustbungle everything up.
Etymology: Lust + bungle.
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)
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)
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)
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)
Mumblust
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: mum blust
Sentence: Caroline was finding it difficult to even mumblust through a sentence when talking to Joe
Etymology: from mumbling and lust
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
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.
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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