Friday, June 22, 2012

I learned a new word yesterday the other day


Earworm

It's new to me. It's not a physical thing. It's a musical thing.
I found out about it here.
Some of my earworms are different from those on the list and my list is just a scosh longer starts a few years earlier and is a bit more selective.

A little bit of research reveals the word's been around for some time. It just happens to have escaped my notice.

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  1. That's somehow very funny to me, that you hadn't heard that term before now. Unfortunately, all I can do is type stuff, and not hum stuff here, so I can't infect you with a few...

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    1. What's really funny is Buck posted about earworms after I wrote this, but before this was posted
      Right now I'm hearing Tequila by The Champs run through my head

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  2. Wow. That list made me feel OLD. I could sing along, however reluctantly, with everything from the beginning up to about 1989 (and not miss one single word)... which was about the time I quit listening to Top 40 format radio. My favorite from that list? "Bette Davis Eyes." I'll be hearing it ALL damned day now.

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