What is Ear Worm?
1.
Song that is stuck in your head
I have an ear worm. I keep hearing the "Jeopardy" tune over and over and over.
2.
Most likely originated around the time of Hanson's "Mmmbop"; an ear worm refers to any song that is so catchy, and at the same time extremely annoying, that it feels like a worm has crawled into your ear and eaten the intelligent parts of your brain so that you hum the song all day long, no matter how much you hate it.
-(Britney Spears' "Toxic" begins to play)
- Not that damn ear worm again!!!
3.
The name for a song that you hear once and can't get out of your head all day. More often than not, it is a song you hate!
4.
A song stuck in your head. Came from the German word, "ohrwurm," which means earworm litterally, and a song stuck in the head not litterally.
God. I have an earworm. I can't get seven nation army out of my head.
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5.
A song or tune that gets stuck it your head, ironically one you most likely hate.
(Vanilla Ice's Ice Ice Baby comes on)
Oh for the love of all that is good and pure turn it off!!!
*Ice is back with a brand new invention*
Make it stop, make it stop!!
6.
A (usually annoying) song that gets stuck in your head.
They can be erradicated by singing the Gilligan's Island theme song.
"Who Let the Dogs Out has been stuck in my head all day."
"You can get rid of your ear worm by singing the Gilligan's Island theme song."
7.
Noun - A song, or part of a song, that gets stuck in your head and goes on and on and on.
"I've had an ear worm for days since I heard the team team sing "100 bottles of beer on the wall" in the bus coming home from the game." Common ear worms:"The song that doesn't end," the theme from "Seseame Street" the bass rif from In-a-gadda-da-vida, the music from Mario and other video games, most commercials.Cure: Finding another less annoying song to replace it.
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