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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.
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Popsession
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...
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)
Brainstopper
Created by: StigAllan
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I cannot get this damn brainstopper out of my head
Etymology:
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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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
Popheimers
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
Brainfartpop
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: breyn-fart-pop
Sentence: She laid awake with the "Popcorn" song from her childhood repeating ad nauseum in her head, which was at least moderatley tolerable. Her boyfriend suffered from brainfartpop too, last week he was dealing with Falco's "Der Kommissar".
Etymology: brain fart (moment of dementia) + pop (as in pop music)
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:
Bubbledumb
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
