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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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Idolsmacked

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: eye doll smakd

Sentence: When Raven met Simon Cowell for the first time, she was idolsmacked. Not only was he gorgeous, British and finicky, he winked at her...leading her to believe she offered more of what he needed that she realized. It was not until she got to know him better that she realized he had a lazy eye and winked at everyone. She would have to actually rely on her natural singing skills! How dangerous would that be?

Etymology: Idol (a material effigy that is worshipped as a god; someone who is adored blindly and excessively;an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept)& Smacked (deliver a hard blow to;kiss lightly)

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Fumblestruck

Created by: ahwinters

Pronunciation: fum + bull + struk

Sentence: Florence was so fumblestruck when she spoke to her that she was barely comprehensible.

Etymology: fumble + struck

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COMMENTS:

Nice one! Rolls nicely on the tounge. Now voted on. - allwise, 2007-02-12: 09:00:00

Any connection to 'thunderstruck'? - Discoveria, 2007-02-12: 17:38:00

haha, great word - babel, 2007-02-12: 20:05:00

welcome back Babel - Jabberwocky, 2007-02-13: 10:59:00

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Attractofied

Created by: tealismyname

Pronunciation: attract- O- fied

Sentence: She was attractofied when ever she heard him speak

Etymology:

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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

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Oopsessed

Created by: sodium

Pronunciation: oop-sesst

Sentence: Michael was so oopsessed with Laura that he clenched his jaw shut every time she was near.

Etymology: oops + obsessed

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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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Jarbungle

DaddyNewt

Created by: DaddyNewt

Pronunciation: jahr-buhn-guhl

Sentence: Unfortunately, Penny jarbungled everytime she saw Frank.

Etymology: jargon + bungle

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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)

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Stardumbstruck

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: star dum struk

Sentence: She gazed at him, stardumbstruck, her heart pounding like a cornered rodent.

Etymology: stardom, dumbstruck

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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)

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