earworm
noun
ear·worm
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Definition of earworm
1
: corn earworm
2
: a song or melody that keeps repeating in one's mind
Examples of earworm in a Sentence
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Mastercard’s chief marketing officer, Raja Rajamannar was searching for the perfect earworm—a sound that could stick in people's brains but never be annoying. — Jennifer Alsever, Fortune, "Jingles All the Way: How Sonic Branding Is Helping Companies Get Heard in the Voice Computing Age," 7 Sep. 2019 The stage musical resourcefully wraps a catalog of peppy, 1970s-era earworms around the upcoming wedding of optimistic, 20-year-old Sophie (Grace Yoo), whose hard-working single mom, Donna (Joan Almedilla), runs a taverna on a Greek island. — Gary Goldstein, latimes.com, "Review: ‘Mamma Mia!’ with an Asian cast? Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!," 12 June 2019 John Debney’s music, alongside a soundtrack of upbeat earworms, only adds to the emotional power. — Jacob Feldman, SI.com, "'Brian Banks' Is a Sports Film for the Social Justice Era," 7 Aug. 2019 On the collaborative front, this xylophonic Anne-Marie joint (off his upcoming debut studio album) may even outshine his earlier earworms with Julia Michaels and Troye Sivan. — Alex Suskind, EW.com, "Friday Pop Shop: The return of Brockhampton, summer Haim, Jack Antonoff, and more songs you’ll Lauv," 2 Aug. 2019 Jepsen sang the global earworm while bathed in pink lights as the crowd yelled the words back to her in what seemed like a valiant attempt to ward off the Sunday Scaries. — Teta Alim, Washington Post, "Carly Rae Jepsen shows Fillmore crowd how to live in the moment," 22 July 2019 There’s a reason the Song of the Summer is a thing: This is peak earworm season. — Cady Drell, Marie Claire, "Sound On: The Best Albums of June 2019," 1 July 2019 At the theme parks, a lot of the rides will load the hordes into boats that float through movie scenes or saddle you with an earworm. — Jim Webster, Twin Cities, "In Orlando or Anaheim for a Disney vacation? Explore the cities beyond the gates, too," 29 June 2019 The earworm, which rose to popularity in 2018, mixed animation and two human kids dancing out the story of a shark family, K-pop style. — Abbi Matheson, BostonGlobe.com, "Doo doo doo doo doo doo: ‘Baby Shark Live!’ is coming to Boston this fall," 10 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'earworm.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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