I was trying to read that article, but the *&$#ing popup ad was constantly moving in the way of the text. Does anyone actually click on those annoying things? No way to close it that I saw either. Argh!
>>Thanks, that line made me think of "You don't own me" by the Blow Monkeys. Now all day I'll be hearing it in my head...
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>The term is earworm, actually comes from German Ohrworm (sp?)... check
http://www.webmd.com/content/article/61/67505.htm for a good-enough description.
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>I once just sung half a line from one known Serbian folk earworm song, in the morning while my roommate and I were waiting for the bus. In the afternoon, when we came back, he was still humming it.