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earworm
1[ eer-wurm ]
noun
- a tune or part of a song that repeats in one’s mind.
verb (used with object)
- to work (itself or its way) into a person’s mind:
The Pepsi jingles have earwormed their way into my head.
earworm
2[ eer-wurm ]
noun
earworm
/ ˈɪəˌ·Éɜ˳¾ /
noun
- informal.an irritatingly catchy tune
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of earworm1
Origin of earworm2
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of earworm1
Example Sentences
Nonetheless, he created earworms like the horn-powered “hello!†and the hypnotic “forever&more,†which individually have around 50 million Spotify streams.
As people across the globe participate in various dance trends and create memes, the duo successfully crafted one of the catchiest and most danceable earworms of the year.
The earworms in the soundtrack "cluster neatly around entwined themes: spreading your wings versus the tug of homesickness; finding your path but daring also to lose it", he wrote.
But this seemingly simple request is steeped in cultural tradition, notable in narrative context and, given its catchy hook, likely to become Disney’s next inescapable earworm.
Granted, “Out of Time’s†earworm “Shiny Happy People†is gratingly banal, but the album also features spoken-word passages, brooding bass lines and ghostly steel-guitar drone.
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