Ear Worms or Whatever You Call Em.
I've had an inexplicable song playing on constant rotation in my head for a day and a half. I have know idea why or when the last time I actually listened to the song was. A friend of mine calls this phenom an Ear Worm, or Ear Bug, or something.
Anyways, its "Loving Cup" by the Stones.
Anybody else experiencing this today (presumably with a different song) or know a better term for the experience?
EARWORM - That is what I call 'em and when the song then plays on the radio when you turn it on what do you call it?
Earworm
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Earworm may also refer to the Helicoverpa zea (corn earworm).
Earworm, a loan translation of the German Ohrwurm, is a term for a song stuck in one's head, particularly an annoying one. Use of the English translation was popularised by James Kellaris, a professor of marketing at the University of Cincinnati. His studies appeared to demonstrate that different people have varying susceptibilities to earworms, but that almost everybody has been afflicted with one at some time or another.
Some sufferers from earworm prefer the term "repetunitis", "stuck tune syndrome", "sound virus" or, if sufficiently acute, "melodymania".
Ok, so I guess earworm is a pretty popular term for it. It sounds half baked to me, but at least its only because we ripped the term off of Germany. I will refuse to say "melodymania", however.
As far as the radio thing, I think we have a good project on our hands. I've really got nothing that doesn't sound stupid. Like "ghostworm". See? Terrible.
When I get one I just hum Boheimien Rhapsody and that seems to take care of it.
I don't need to be forgiven.
I've had "Matchmaker" from "Fiddler on the Roof" for a while now thanks to the Match.cohen freaks.
I've had Comfortably Numb in my head all day - Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there ... That's about all I hear.
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Never, ever, ever tell my spouse you have an earworm. He will start singing the Rice-a-Roni song, which he says is guaranteed to drive everything else out of your brain.
Unfortunately, he's right.
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Well, other than Mike and Matt or Mutt and Jeff whichever you like, coming down and buggin me. Yeah, its been a slow day. Pretty bad when an all-hands meeting is the most excitement I've had.
Me and the Missus play a game where we will try to get the other person humming along without them knowing and then we drop the GOTCHA!!
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