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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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Repecancion
Created by: akvoD3
Pronunciation: REHP-eh-can-shun
Sentence:
Etymology: repeat + cancion (Spanish)
Debassment
Created by: jesster
Pronunciation: de - base - ment
Sentence: As George scored the neurobiology exam, he discovered one of the most severe case of debassment he had ever seen. A student had answered every question only with the phrase "Insane in the membrane."
Etymology: debasement (to reduce in quality or value) + bass (guitar)
Simpstupid
Created by: Gionuzzo
Pronunciation: SIMP stoo pid
Sentence: Jerry, after studying for his SATs for the last 22 hours straight, was completely confident with his ability to do well. Unfortunately, he sunk into a simpstupid when he heard the girl across from him singing Public Affair. He couldn't get that stupid song out of his head, and he ended up scoring only about 200.
Etymology: Jessica Simpson + stupid
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:
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
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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