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Thread #58132 Message #919119
Posted By: GUEST,Celtaddict
26-Mar-03 - 06:20 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: be-bop, my lady, said love
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: going insanse trying to remember
Dick Swain says that the phenomenon you describe, of a song or line running interminably through your mind, is called an earworm. It is evidently from a German phrase, though what the German for earworm would be is beyond my ken.