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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Earworm #101914 04/28/2003 10:32 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Heard a new one yesterday that sounded very appropriate. "Earworm" that annoying little piece of a song that spins in an endless loop in your head. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Earworm #101915 04/28/2003 11:27 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass Zed, that's been a favorite here; it came up most recently just a few months ago, but here is an earlier thread (which I think references a still earlier one): http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=67715 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Earworm #101916 04/29/2003 1:29 AM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean consuelo Carpal Tunnel consuelo Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean We like it, too. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Earworm #101917 04/29/2003 12:19 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin belligerentyouth old hand belligerentyouth old hand Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin > a song that spins in an endless loop in your head. Yeah, the cyclical nature of the song sample that the 'Ohrwurm' loop must have, yields interesting epistemic assumptions too. The appeal of naming it 'earworm' in English, via literal translation, seems logical in light of the zoologically fitting, but not really workable 'earwig'. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit 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 Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,262 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 26 A C Bowden 8 JerryC 1 Wood Delivery 1 Trusted Roofing 1 John Fox 1 Tony Hood 1 LukeJavan8 1 Forix Richard 1 John Flex 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,122 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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