Verboticism: Duranduranmnesia

'If I don't get this stupid song out of my head...'

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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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

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