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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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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)
Twitterpated
Created by: Sed8ed
Pronunciation: twit-her-pay-ted
Sentence: Anyone could tell Lisa was twitterpated with Bob by the way she lost her ability to complete a sentence when she spoke to him.
Etymology:
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
Cardiolinguofuse
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /"kärd-E-O-'li[ng]-gw&-"fyüz/
Sentence: Normally, he was a smooth talker, but around Sam, he would almost always cardiolingofuse into an inarticulate lump of blushes and giggles.
Etymology: Cardio- (heart) + linguo- (tongue) + -fuse (become indistinguishable, as in confuse)
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
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)
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)
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
Crushonammer
Created by: Ahmad
Pronunciation: crush-on-mr
Sentence: she was so impressed with that handsome maojor that she could hardly speak. it was just a crushonammer i know. she will forget about him after some days.
Etymology: Crush on = to feel love for some one but for a short time, timely passions which vanish soon. Stammer = to speak with pauses.
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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