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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: A wake-up song repeatedly played in one's head #161970 09/07/06 12:49 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin B belligerentyouth old hand belligerentyouth old hand B Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin > earworm Yes, this is one that has cropped up a number of times Look here The word is a literal translation of the German word 'Ohrwurm', which actually means 'earwig' but I guess no one wanted to call it that. Other options in English are 'catchy tune' or 'ear candy'. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted A wake-up song repeatedly played in one's head... Logwood 09/07/06 08:16 AM Re: A wake-up song repeatedly played in one's head... Buffalo Shrdlu 09/07/06 09:09 AM Re: A wake-up song repeatedly played in one's head belligerentyouth 09/07/06 12:49 PM Re: A wake-up song repeatedly played in one's head Logwood 09/07/06 01:34 PM Re: A wake-up song repeatedly played in one's head belligerentyouth 09/07/06 01:41 PM Re: A wake-up song repeatedly played in one's head Myridon 09/07/06 04:20 PM Re: A wake-up song repeatedly played in one's head Hydra 09/21/06 02:12 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,375 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (wofahulicodoc), 241 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 26 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,563 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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