Verboticisms

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: toon-struk

Sentence: Purpleartichokes got tunestruck when the Meatloaf tune "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth" literally did just that.

Etymology: moonstruck, tune

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COMMENTS:

Yep, that's the current song that has me dittywitted. - purpleartichokes, 2007-08-17: 06:47:00

Poor you...got my sympathy vote! - remistram, 2007-08-17: 09:22:00

I'm being tunestruck at this moment by that terrible tune by Kylie Minogue," I Can't Get You Out Of My Head". Great word- you get my vote. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-08-17: 19:22:00

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Created by: Boronia

Pronunciation: pop'-hi-merz

Sentence: Unlike Alzheimer's Disease, which is more prevalent in people over 65 years old, Popheimer's afflicts the younger set. It is brought on by a steady feeding of pop songs throughout one's day, with entertainment as the goal. In its advanced stages, victims lose the ability even to remember the redundant songs, so they provide an endless stream of them via ear buds and i-pods. In this way, they are able to avoid the realization that nothing of import moves through their grey matter anymore.

Etymology: pop music + Alzheimer's

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Created by: StigAllan

Pronunciation:

Sentence: I cannot get this damn brainstopper out of my head

Etymology:

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Created by: akvoD3

Pronunciation: REHP-eh-can-shun

Sentence:

Etymology: repeat + cancion (Spanish)

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Created by: libertybelle

Pronunciation: pahp-seshen

Sentence: I want to drive a spike through my head as the ridiculous Fergie song has become my latest popsession.

Etymology: pop and obsission. could take on other forms: popsessive, popsessive state, popsessive compulsive, popsessing...

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Created by: Kyoti

Pronunciation: en-sink-KRON-uh-kyood

Sentence: It started in the shower, went through breakfast, all through rush hour, into the office, and well past lunch before Lance began to notice he was so Nsynchronicued that he was wearing two different shoes, a Kerokerokeroppi tie, his suit coat was inside out, and that singing "Hit Me Baby One More Time" in the men's room was drawing mixed interest from onlookers.

Etymology: N'Sync (boy band) + chronic + cued (ready to play, as in a record or CD)

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Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: BUHB-buhl-duhm

Sentence: Alex began to wonder if his romantic failings were the result of a piece of bubbledumb lodged in his head since 1987.

Etymology: bubble-gum (pop music) + dumb

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Created by: mythman

Pronunciation: SPEER-zish-ness

Sentence: In a fit of spearzishness, she offered herself to every breathing person there.

Etymology: Britney Spears, who didn't allow her mental capacity to evolve past high-school, gave us a perfect example of the spearzishness of unattended children.

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: sin-app-ing

Sentence: Sinead was synapping, her toes tapping and her fingers snapping to the cringeworthy pop tune. But no matter how hard she tried she couldn't snap out of it to work on her tax return.

Etymology: snap (your fingers to the beat) + synapse (connections in your brain) + nap (sleep)

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Created by: scorpio6000

Pronunciation: dōō-rän'dōō-rän'm-nee'-zhuh

Sentence: Standing in line at the Wal-Mart pharmacy, he was overcome with duranduranmnesia after being subjected to thirty-seven minutes of piped-in instrumental pop.

Etymology: n. [English, from Duran Duran, British New Wave musical group, from American English, “Dr. Durand Durand" character in science-fiction film Barbarella; + -mnesia n combining form –s (NL, fr. Amnesia): a (specified) type or condition of memory. Unrelat

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