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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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Earwormed
Created by: jonobo
Pronunciation: eer-wermd
Sentence: She was so earwormed she didn't even notice she had filed the tips off her fingers.
Etymology: ear + worm (wiggling through your brain)
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COMMENTS:
bzooom... that was my word ;) whatever... in german that is a common saying "i got an earworm"... in german "ohrwurm" - jonobo, 2007-05-12: 11:44:00
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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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Madthem
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: mad them
Sentence: It started again the rousing rendition of "Oh say can you see"...over and over again. She tried listening to all other types of music, even annoying songs, but the madthem persisted. Why did it keep haunting her? And then one day, she figured it out. She always fell asleep watching the late, late movie and at it's end, the US National anthem played until she woke up and crawled into bed. The only way to stop the madness was to go to bed earlier...and turn off the darn TV!
Etymology: Mad (affected with madness or insanity) and Anthem (a song of praise,devotion, motivation for a God, nation or cause)
Discognition
Created by: Discoveria
Pronunciation: Diss-kog-nish-shun
Sentence: She tried her best to focus on the lecturer, but all she could hear in her head was "Asereje! Aha! Ahe!" (and further Spanish pop gibberish).
Etymology: Disco + dis- + cognitive. Cognitive: to do with thinking.
Catalyrical
Created by: Mobelia
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I'm so catalyrical after listening to Barry Manilow that I can't do anything requiring thought.
Etymology: catatonic meaning an abnormal condition variously characterized by stupor lyrics meaning words to a song
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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Ahamorrage
Created by: alphabetapolothology
Pronunciation: a-HA-morrage
Sentence: The ahamorrage became worse and worse until she could do nothing but stare into space and mumble "take on me, take me on."
Etymology: The 80's band A-ha & hemorrage.
Repeditty
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: re-ped-dit-ty
Sentence: "Poor, Rachel is suffering from a bout of repeditty again. Today it's Rick Astley's 'Never gonna give you up'".
Etymology: repeat + ditty
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