The Earworm Chronicles 2.10

Earworm, a loan translation of the German Ohrwurm,is a portion of a song or other music that repeats compulsively within one's mind, put colloquially as "music being stuck in one's head." People with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are more likely to report being troubled by ear worms - in some cases, medications for OCD can minimize the effects...

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About Earworms

1. Earworms - An Introduction (What are earworms?)

Earworms: songs, jingles, melodies and tunes that get stuck inside your head. Sounds familiar? Studies by marketing professor James J. Kellaris show that nearly 98% of people have had songs stuck in their head. His studies demonstrated that different people have varying susceptibilities to earworms, but that almost everybody has been afflicted with one at some time or another. Earworms seem to be very personal - each person tends to be haunted by his own demon tunes.

Professor Kellaris' studies popularized the term 'earworm', a loan translation of the German 'Ohrwurm'). But earworms are known by a large variety of names. For your convenience we have compiled The Official Earworm Synonym List:

  • Ohrwurms: Ich habe einen Ohrwurm!
  • Humbugs: The humbug kept me awake all night!
  • Aneurhythms: This aneurhythm is bad, bad, bad.
  • Musical Hook: My head is on a musical hook, man!
  • Involuntary Musical Imagery (INMI): It appears she's experiencing some sort of Involuntary Musical Imagery, doctor.
  • Tune Wedgies: I caught a tune wedgy on my way to work.
  • Sticky Tunes or Sticky Songs: I woke up with a sticky tune.
  • Cognitive Itch, Brain Itch or Auditory Itch: Somebody scratch this awful auditory itch!
  • Chiclete De Ouvido ('Ear Chewing Gum'): Maldito Chiclete de Ouvido!
  • Music Memes: Reports are rushing in that the music meme is spreading fast.
  • Song In My Head or Tune In My Head: I have a song in my head.
  • Oorworm: Ik haat oorwormen!
  • Head Songs: Whassup with yer head song?
  • Obsessive Musical Thought: She could not resist thinking obsessive musical thoughts.
  • Repetunitis: Repetunitis is a serious condition often affecting listeners of Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber.
  • Music Virus, Sound Virus or Viral Music: The music virus is everywhere!
  • Stuck Tune Syndrome or Stuck Song Syndrome or Last Song Syndrome: Today we will study the effects of Stuck Tune Syndrome.
  • Melodymania: You've turned into a bloody melodymaniac!
  • Humsickness:I am soooooo humsick.
  • Haunting Melody:I lay awake hearing the dreaded haunting melody.

Earwormography

  • Earworm Project @ Goldsmiths, University of London
  • The Earwormery
  • The Definitive Guide To Earworms
  • Wikipedia - Earworm
  • Earworms Research at the University of Cincinnati College of Business

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