Earworm
(noun)
- A song or melody that runs continually through a person's mind.
- An idea or phrase that continues to repeat in one's mind.
Origin:
Earworm, coined in the late 19th century, is a calque of the german ohrwurm, which literally means "ear worm" and figuratively means a catchy tune.
Examples:
- That song is an earworm, I can't get it out of my head.
- He had an earworm of a jingle stuck in his head all day.
- I can"t stop thinking about her, it"s like an earworm.
- She had an earworm of a commercial in her mind.
- The song became an earworm and was stuck in her head for days.