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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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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
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)
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:
Moonstuck
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: moōnˌstək
Sentence: When Dylan walked in the room, Georgia and her tongue would become moonstuck. For the past 4 months he had referred to her as Ally, not because he was given to creating alternate names for people but because when he had first asked her name she couldn\'t think of it. She knew it was a State but the only one that came to mind was Alabama.
Etymology: moonstruck (unable to think or act normally, esp. because of being in love) + stuck (be or become fixed or jammed in one place as a result of an obstruction)
Lustbungle
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: lust + bungle
Sentence: Every time I saw her, I started to lustbungle everything up.
Etymology: Lust + bungle.
Linguaslippa
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: ling-gwa-slip-ah
Sentence: Katie's linguaslippa caused her to always blurt out inappropriate things when Mark entered the room.
Etymology: lingua (i.e. the tongue) + slip
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)
Eloklutz
Created by: Mrgoodtimes
Pronunciation: El-Uh-Kluts
Sentence: Although she graduated at the top of her toastmasters class in 2010, any interaction Dr. McSassy resulted in uncontrolled eloklutz followed by a quick rendition of the "Robot" dance move from the 80's.
Etymology: Eloquence - Klutz
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
