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Thread #63970   Message #1042940
Posted By: Bob Bolton
27-Oct-03 - 09:22 PM
Thread Name: Mr Beveridges Maggot - what's a maggot?
Subject: RE: Mr Beveridges Maggot
G'day Guy,

I understand that Burke's references, from the OED, do cover the sense in which "maggot" describes a tune. It is a particularly insistent tune that 'burrows into your brain' and can't be forgotten.

I guess that a really good dance tune should be a potential "maggot".

Regards,

Bob