# Single word earworm larvae

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-word-earworm-larvae/669272>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 19, 2013, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-word-earworm-larvae/669272 "2013-09-19T23:21:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-word-earworm-larvae/669272/21 "2013-09-20T13:58:07Z")

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Gangnam

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**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-word-earworm-larvae/669272/22 "2013-09-20T14:10:58Z")

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Rio

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**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-word-earworm-larvae/669272/23 "2013-09-20T15:40:59Z")

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Istanbul

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**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-word-earworm-larvae/669272/24 "2013-09-20T16:22:05Z")

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Thriller

Bad

Cheeseburger

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-word-earworm-larvae/669272/25 "2013-09-20T16:36:24Z")

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> [@Procrustus](#):
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> Yesterday

Michelle

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**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-word-earworm-larvae/669272/26 "2013-09-20T17:34:45Z")

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> [@MrDibble](#):
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> Funnily enough, my current earworm is introduced without words - just by high-pitched screaming…_Aaaahhaaah-hhhaaaaa!_(any guesses?)

Led Zep’s “Immigrant Song”?

I got one…Fame!

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**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-word-earworm-larvae/669272/27 "2013-09-20T18:15:24Z")

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Hah! I can trigger that earworm with \*less \*than a single word!

Antici…

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**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-word-earworm-larvae/669272/28 "2013-09-20T18:18:27Z")

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Alison…

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**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-word-earworm-larvae/669272/29 "2013-09-20T20:00:27Z")

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> [@Lightnin](#):
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> Hah! I can trigger that earworm with \*less \*than a single word!
> 
> Antici…

Or just letters:

R-E-S-P-E…

or  
S! A! T-U-R!..

or  
G-L-O-R-I-…

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**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-word-earworm-larvae/669272/30 "2013-09-20T20:04:02Z")

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> [@Morbo](#):
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> Or just letters:
> 
> R-E-S-P-E…
> 
> or  
> S! A! T-U-R!..
> 
> or  
> G-L-O-R-I-…

YMCA!

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-word-earworm-larvae/669272/31 "2013-09-20T20:17:07Z")

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Batman

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-word-earworm-larvae/669272/32 "2013-09-21T00:04:59Z")

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> [@morbo](#):
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> or just letters:
> 
> R-e-s-p-e…
> 
> Or  
> s! A! T-u-r!..
> 
> Or  
> g-l-o-r-i-…

d-i-v-o-r…

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**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-word-earworm-larvae/669272/33 "2013-09-21T01:48:13Z")

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L o l a !

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**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-word-earworm-larvae/669272/34 "2013-09-21T01:59:07Z")

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Jump!

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**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-word-earworm-larvae/669272/35 "2013-09-21T02:10:04Z")

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> [@lightnin'](#):
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> hah! I can trigger that earworm with \*less \*than a single word!
> 
> Antici…

for god’s sake man, what is it?

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**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-word-earworm-larvae/669272/36 "2013-09-21T02:18:52Z")

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Think Carly Simon. Or ketsup

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**Author:** ![Girlundone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/919ad9/32.png) [@Girlundone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girlundone)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-word-earworm-larvae/669272/37 "2013-09-21T02:53:03Z")

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Dammit, man. Immigrant Song. It’s gonna take days for that one to leave me.

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-word-earworm-larvae/669272/38 "2013-09-21T15:21:24Z")

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> [@chacoguy](#):
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> for god’s sake man, what is it?

Yeah, I don’t know that one either, even with the hint. And what is the song in the OP?

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**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-word-earworm-larvae/669272/39 "2013-09-21T20:44:37Z")

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> [@misling](#):
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> That’s “Mahna-Mahna”

The word “phenomenon” can conjure up that song for me.

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**Author:** ![Orr\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ee59a6/32.png) [@Orr\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orr_G)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-word-earworm-larvae/669272/40 "2013-09-21T21:12:01Z")

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Ipanema

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