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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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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)
Splutteration
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: splut-ter-ay-shun
Sentence: Many people are affected by splutteration; the inability to form correct, coherent sentences when in the presence of a crush.
Etymology: splutter (to stumble over one's words) plus adoration (love)
Likavirg
Created by: adbern
Pronunciation: lik-a-vurn
Sentence: Everytime when i have to spek to y boss , i feel me likavirg
Etymology: LIKe A VIRGin
Tongueled
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: tung-guld
Sentence: Shirley was so smitten with Herbie that she would get absolutely tongueled and become incapable of rational discourse whenever she was around him.
Etymology: blend of the words tongue and tangled
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
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
Stamenamoured
Created by: ekath
Pronunciation: st-am-en-ahhm-erd
Sentence: Is she flighty or is she actually that unintelligent? Oh no, shes just stamenamoured. Oh.
Etymology: from stammer + enamoured
Awestuck
Created by: Mobelia
Pronunciation:
Sentence: She was so captivated by him that the mention of his name left her awestuck.
Etymology: From: Awestruck meaning disconcerted, agape, dazed and Stuck meaning disabled, marooned or immobile.
Hornytonque
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: horny tonque
Sentence: I want to speak to you but i can´t. When i see you i have a hornytonque
Etymology: horny as in hot and tonque as in the mouth.
Concrushed
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: con-CRUSH-d
Sentence: Lulu fell in lust at first sight and since then had shown the embarrassing effects of being concrushed.
Etymology: concussed (having suffered an injury to the brain) + crush (distort, destroy AND an intense infatuation)
