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DEFINITION: n. A state of reduced mental capacity, caused by an inability to think of anything but an annoying pop song, which seems to be endlessly repeating itself in your mind. v. To play a stupid song in your head, over and over again.
Verboticisms
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Loopotomy
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: loop-ah-toe-mee
Sentence: I was trying to do the crossword today, and had a bad case of loopotomy. All I could hear in my head was "Tie me kangaroo down, sport" over and over and over...
Etymology: loop (endless repeating bit of audio) + lobotomy (Surgical incision into the frontal lobe of the brain to sever one or more nerve tracts)
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COMMENTS:
Aw geez, now that song is stuck in my head. - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-20: 06:40:00
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Mindoverflo
Created by: adbern
Pronunciation: mind-over-floo
Sentence: i will not hear anything anymore because i'm in a state of mindoverflo
Etymology: mind+overflo
Repetitunitis
Created by: dovey1
Pronunciation: rE pet ti tune Itis
Sentence: I have been suffering all day with a very bad case of repetitunitis.
Etymology: repeti for repetitive -pertaining to or characterized by repetition. tun for tune- to put a musical instrument in tune (often fol. by up). to give forth a musical sound. to be in harmony or accord; become responsive. itis for itis-a suffix used in pathological terms that denote inflammation of an organ (bronchitis; gastritis; neuritis) and hence, in extended senses, nouns denoting abnormal states or conditions, excesses, tendencies, obsessions, etc. (telephonitis; baseballitis).
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COMMENTS:
Excellent first attempt,dovey1, welcome aboard! - Nosila, 2009-09-11: 23:35:00
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Musicrapetitive
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: MUSE-ick-CRAP-pet-a- tiff
Sentence: Bald-headed John drove around the block too many times, with his ugly euro-pod Toyota blaring annoying subsonic vibrations which were intelligible only to him. He got a gold tooth and called everyone "Dawg" but was ulimately shunned by his peers. As he lay in bed with no hopes of consummating his puerile desires, many stanzas of bogus "samples" and heathen drumbeats drilled into his head like a tasteless, regrettable tattoo.
Etymology: Gran Torino.
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COMMENTS:
Cheers, Dawg... - Nosila, 2009-09-11: 01:08:00
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Repedittious
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: repəditēəs
Sentence: Rob’s morning is repedittious. Maybe his resistance was down due to a lack of restful sleep, maybe he needed more coffee but an insipid jingle from a commercial bore it’s way into his head and laid eggs. Nothing short of blasting caps seems to be able to remove it. ”The best part of waking up...” He doesn’t even drink coffee.
Etymology: repetitious (over and over esp. when unnecessary or tiresome) + ditty (a short simple song)
Psychoral
Created by: CharlieB
Pronunciation: si-kor-al
Sentence: Her mum had switched the station again. When the alarm radio went off, Mary woke to the Sunday Service and 'Holy, Holy, Holy.' It stuck in her head all day. Since she was a fan of Cradle of Filth, for her this was a form of psychoral torture.
Etymology: psyche (of the soul or mind) + choral (a slow stately hymn tune)
Rehasheesh
Created by: tommyboy
Pronunciation: duh
Sentence: i keep rehasheeshing that stupidass song from the \"We are Baltimore\" commercial.
Etymology: what do you think?
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COMMENTS:
sweet! - tommyboy, 2009-09-13: 23:18:00
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Mindpop
Created by: allwise
Pronunciation: maain-pop
Sentence: Her mindpop had gotten really out of hand, she had gone from rolling it ouround inside the head to humming it aloud; and she just knew that soon she would be dancing the macarena in her cubicle!
Etymology: mind - as in nut, brain, wits or head if you will. pop - as in pop-music and headoverloadexplosion.
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COMMENTS:
Sounds painful - petaj, 2007-02-20: 03:01:00
Crap! That "Join" button looks exactly like the "Create" button. Not trying to steal your thunder, Allwise. - ErWenn, 2007-02-20: 08:28:00
No worries ErWenn, were you going to sign up with the name mindpop? ;-) - allwise, 2007-02-21: 02:06:00
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Lyricsorbed
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: LIR-ik-zorbd
Sentence: After hearing a favorite song, Alice would often become absolutely lyricsorbed and finding herself becoming increasingly annoyed to not be able to stop repeating the song over and over in her mind thru the day.
Etymology: Blend of lyrics (the words of a song) and absorbed (engrossed; deeply interested)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by w5lf9s.
Thank you w5lf9s! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by w5lf9s.
Thank you w5lf9s! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by w5lf9s.
Thank you w5lf9s! ~ James
ErWenn - 2007-02-20: 08:30:00
That "Join" button looks exactly like the "Create" button. There should be some obvious indicator that you're not clicking on the same thing you click on every day. The page looks nearly identical, and I know I'm not the first person to accidentally join a group.
Hey ErWenn, Yes, I think you're right. I have removed the "join group" button. Players are now required to create a unique word before it can be saved. (Plus, as an added bonus, I have taken your name off the creators list for allwise's word, which you "accidentally" joined. Now you can go ahead and create your own word for the day.) Thanks ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by w5lf9s. Thank you w5lf9s. ~ James
Koekbroer - 2012-05-22: 01:45:00