Twitterpated means to be swept off your feet by someone you quite fancy.
It’s a very strong feeling of
love and attraction.
From the 1942 film, Bambi:
Friend Owl : “Yes. Nearly everybody gets Twitterpated in the springtime.
For example: You’
re walking along, minding your own business. You're looking neither to the left, nor to the
right...When all of a sudden, you run smack into a
pretty face!
You begin to get weak in the knees.
Your head’s in a whirl!
And then you feel light as a feather, and before you know it...you’re walking on
air.
And then, you know what?
You’re knocked for a
loop!
And you completely lose your head!”
Thumper: “Gosh, that’s awful.”
Flower: “Gee Whiz!”
Bambi: “Terrible!”
Friend Owl: “And that ain’t all. It can happen to anybody. So you’d bet-ter be careful.
It could happen to You! And You!
And.....Yes. It could even happen to YOU!”
The first
time he looked at me with his cerulean blue
eyes, I felt he could see into my soul. He peered deep into my emerald green
eyes, I knew then that he was Twitterpated.
There was no going back after that.
