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

DEFINITION: n. 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. v. To play a stupid song in your head, over and over again.

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Psychoral

CharlieB

Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: si-kor-al

Sentence: Her mum had switched the station again. When the alarm radio went off, Mary woke to the Sunday Service and 'Holy, Holy, Holy.' It stuck in her head all day. Since she was a fan of Cradle of Filth, for her this was a form of psychoral torture.

Etymology: psyche (of the soul or mind) + choral (a slow stately hymn tune)

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Stupiditty

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: stew-pid-it-ee

Sentence: having got to the final question on 'who wants to be a gazillionaire', i was horrified to find myself stricken with stupiditty... curse you Justin Timberlake

Etymology: stupidity, ditty

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COMMENTS:

good one - porsche, 2007-02-20: 10:37:00

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Loopeytunes

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: LOOP-e-toons

Sentence: Britney was completely loopeytoons after her stint on the cartoon show - she just couldn't think straight with songs playing continuously in her head. She stupidly thought shaving her hair off might let the music out!

Etymology: looney tunes (popular cartoon show) + loopy (crazy) + loop (continous play of audio or video track) + tunes (music)

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COMMENTS:

I think it describes the affliction very well! Besides, it sounds cute. I've got a damn loopeytune in my head now..."Mama mia let me go..." - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-20: 19:24:00

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Earwiggedout

Created by: sodium

Pronunciation: eer-wig-dowt

Sentence: "Material Girl" caused Eunice to be so earwiggedout that she constructed a flaming effigy of Madonna right there on her bed.

Etymology: earwig = a song that sticks in your head & wigged out = a state of mental panic

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Madthem

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: mad them

Sentence: It started again the rousing rendition of "Oh say can you see"...over and over again. She tried listening to all other types of music, even annoying songs, but the madthem persisted. Why did it keep haunting her? And then one day, she figured it out. She always fell asleep watching the late, late movie and at it's end, the US National anthem played until she woke up and crawled into bed. The only way to stop the madness was to go to bed earlier...and turn off the darn TV!

Etymology: Mad (affected with madness or insanity) and Anthem (a song of praise,devotion, motivation for a God, nation or cause)

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Earwormed

Created by: bettyann9

Pronunciation: eer-wermd

Sentence: She was so earwormed she didn't even notice she had filed the tips off her fingers.

Etymology: ear + worm (wiggling through your brain)

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COMMENTS:

bzooom... that was my word ;) whatever... in german that is a common saying "i got an earworm"... in german "ohrwurm" - jonobo, 2007-05-12: 11:44:00

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Abducical

pedrofpardo

Created by: pedrofpardo

Pronunciation: /abˈdʌkzɪkl/

Sentence: This song is totally abducical. I can't think in anything else.

Etymology: Abduction (from Latin abduct-, abducere ‘lead away’) + Musical (▶adjective, relating to or accompanied by music)

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Catalyrical

Created by: Mobelia

Pronunciation:

Sentence: I'm so catalyrical after listening to Barry Manilow that I can't do anything requiring thought.

Etymology: catatonic meaning an abnormal condition variously characterized by stupor lyrics meaning words to a song

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Melodiocy

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: muh/lod/ee/uh/see

Sentence: Melodiocy set in after his daughter played that annoying song for the eighth time in a row. No verbotomy word would be forthcoming today!

Etymology: melodic + idiocy

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COMMENTS:

:-)) - adbern, 2007-02-20: 12:58:00

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Ineptitune

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: in-ep-ti-tune

Sentence: Because he was unable to get that song out of his head, Bob got demoted for ineptitune.

Etymology: ineptitude, tune

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-02-20: 00:00:01
Today's definition was suggested by w5lf9s.
Thank you w5lf9s! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-02-20: 00:00:01
Today's definition was suggested by w5lf9s.
Thank you w5lf9s! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-02-20: 00:00:01
Today's definition was suggested by w5lf9s.
Thank you w5lf9s! ~ James

ErWenn - 2007-02-20: 08:30:00
That "Join" button looks exactly like the "Create" button. There should be some obvious indicator that you're not clicking on the same thing you click on every day. The page looks nearly identical, and I know I'm not the first person to accidentally join a group.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-02-20: 15:20:00
Hey ErWenn, Yes, I think you're right. I have removed the "join group" button. Players are now required to create a unique word before it can be saved. (Plus, as an added bonus, I have taken your name off the creators list for allwise's word, which you "accidentally" joined. Now you can go ahead and create your own word for the day.) Thanks ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2011-01-27: 00:00:00
Today's definition was suggested by w5lf9s. Thank you w5lf9s. ~ James

Koekbroer - 2012-05-22: 01:45:00