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