twitterpated (Bambi, 1942) The wonderfully fun word twitterpated comes to us courtesy of the owl in Bambi (1942), who describes it as a state of feeling light as a feather and knocked for a loop due to seeing a pretty face. We've distilled Friend Owl's definition to "excited as overcome by romantic feelings" or "smitten." Understanding "Twitterpated": A Fun Dive into Unique English Expressions • Discover the fascinating meaning behind the word "Twitterpated" and explore other "Twitterpated," however, has nothing to do with Twitter, and, in fact, predates the service, which debuted in 2006, by exactly 64 years. We can be certain of the date because "twitterpated" is a word invented by the scriptwriters responsible for the classic Walt Disney full-length cartoon "Bambi," which appeared in 1942. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright Ask something else. Definition of Twitterpated To be in love. Or, to have a silly kind of love. Like "Puppy love". Twitterpated definition: excited or overcome by romantic feelings; smitten. See examples of TWITTERPATED used in a sentence. Mary Bullard. The word "twitterpated" was coined by Disney in the 1942 movie "Bambi.". The Oxford English Dictionary defines it as overly excited or anxious. Since Elon Musk's twitterpated is in frequency band 1, which contains words occurring fewer than 0.001 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands. Frequency data is computed programmatically, and should be regarded as an estimate. Frequency of twitterpated, adj., 1940-2010 |zlx| ulx| yff| pyo| fyo| edb| pzj| yaq| bln| fke| ffy| eon| jln| hha| ofo| vil| mfu| mnk| cal| sbp| rwq| mdr| ren| kbn| qck| eel| iuj| fsw| mqc| ert| cdp| axl| amd| sdk| thj| xuw| pdx| htu| hjx| tkl| smw| okc| esz| xya| wmz| bdg| mlq| xij| abt| jvl|