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DEFINITION: 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.
Verboticisms
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Npsych
Created by: loofarama
Pronunciation: en-sike
Sentence: I'm to N"psyched to do anything right now.
Etymology: N'sync + psych
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COMMENTS:
Is there supposed to be some apostrophe between the n and the p? because I at first I thought it was pronounced nip-sitch. - mythman, 2007-08-21: 13:53:00
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Stupiditty
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: stew pid ittee
Sentence: she was pretty such a pity 'bout the ditty induced stupiditty
Etymology: stupidity, ditty.
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COMMENTS:
Good lyricling. You get my vote. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-08-18: 18:03:00
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Repecancion
Created by: akvoD3
Pronunciation: REHP-eh-can-shun
Sentence:
Etymology: repeat + cancion (Spanish)
Brainstopper
Created by: StigAllan
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I cannot get this damn brainstopper out of my head
Etymology:
Nsynchronicued
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)
Tunestruck
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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Incompoptence
Created by: sweetclarity
Pronunciation: In-com-pop-tence.
Sentence: They threatened to fire her for incompoptence when she spent her whole workday humming 'Oops, I Did It Again!' instead of answering the phone.
Etymology:
Dittyditzy
Created by: KristinA
Pronunciation: dit-E-ditz-E
Sentence: In a strange twist of events, Marcia became the top salesperson of the month at the Hummer dealership. Each time she would be with a customer and start to say "Hummer," she would break into a rendition of the Black Eyed Peas "My Humps," much to the delight of her mostly male customer base.
Etymology: dittty (song) + ditzy (scatterbrained)
Synapping
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)
Duranduranmnesia
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
