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'If I don't get this stupid song out of my head...'

DEFINITION: n. A state of reduced mental capacity, caused by an inability to think of anything but an annoying pop song, which seems to be endlessly repeating itself in your mind. v. To play a stupid song in your head, over and over again.

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Discognition

Created by: Discoveria

Pronunciation: Diss-kog-nish-shun

Sentence: She tried her best to focus on the lecturer, but all she could hear in her head was "Asereje! Aha! Ahe!" (and further Spanish pop gibberish).

Etymology: Disco + dis- + cognitive. Cognitive: to do with thinking.

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Fruitloopscornpops

Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: frut/lups/corn/pops

Sentence: Like her good friend sponge bob square pants fruitloopscornpops was afflicted with repetitive corny lyrics messing up her brain

Etymology: Fruitloops + corny pop songs

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COMMENTS:

I like this - Jabberwocky, 2007-02-20: 12:26:00

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Repedittious

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: repəditēəs

Sentence: Rob’s morning is repedittious. Maybe his resistance was down due to a lack of restful sleep, maybe he needed more coffee but an insipid jingle from a commercial bore it’s way into his head and laid eggs. Nothing short of blasting caps seems to be able to remove it. ”The best part of waking up...” He doesn’t even drink coffee.

Etymology: repetitious (over and over esp. when unnecessary or tiresome) + ditty (a short simple song)

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Repetuneattrition

Created by: chaiandallthatjazz

Pronunciation: repa-tuna-trition

Sentence: Barb is suffering from repetuneattrition, and probably won't rejoin us until she's been subjected to some other form of media or food.

Etymology: repeat + tune + attrition

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Earwiggedout

Created by: sodium

Pronunciation: eer-wig-dowt

Sentence: "Material Girl" caused Eunice to be so earwiggedout that she constructed a flaming effigy of Madonna right there on her bed.

Etymology: earwig = a song that sticks in your head & wigged out = a state of mental panic

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Stupiditty

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: stew-pid-it-ee

Sentence: having got to the final question on 'who wants to be a gazillionaire', i was horrified to find myself stricken with stupiditty... curse you Justin Timberlake

Etymology: stupidity, ditty

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COMMENTS:

good one - porsche, 2007-02-20: 10:37:00

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Incapopatated

Created by: ekath

Pronunciation: in-ca-pop-uh-tated

Sentence: I've been so incapopitated the last few hours that everyone i see looks like a member of a boy-band in drag.

Etymology: from incapacitated + pop (music)

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Brainrefrainagain

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: brayn refrayn agayn

Sentence: Her name was Jane and she could not explain why it happened again. It was a pain that was hard to contain. When she heard a strain which should entertain, she instead got a brainrefrainagain. Over and over it would play again, even though she tried to abstain, but in her brain this tune would remain. She tried in vain to remain sane, but her attempts to constrain were a very big drain and soon it nearly drove her insane..."I'm leaving on a Jet Plane..." Oops, I did it again!

Etymology: Brain ( that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord; mental ability) & Refrain (the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers) & Again (over and over;repeatedly)

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Tuneloony

Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: tune + loony

Sentence: Arg, "Sexy Back" is stuck in my head and it's driving my tuneloony!

Etymology: Guess. :)

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Melodiocy

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: muh/lod/ee/uh/see

Sentence: Melodiocy set in after his daughter played that annoying song for the eighth time in a row. No verbotomy word would be forthcoming today!

Etymology: melodic + idiocy

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COMMENTS:

:-)) - adbern, 2007-02-20: 12:58:00

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Labotabritney

Created by: officespace162

Pronunciation:

Sentence: due to this stupid britney spears song, i have a labotabritney

Etymology: labota for a labotomy which i want everytime i get a pop song in my head, and britney because, well, obviously britney spears

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COMMENTS:

cute one! - paintergrl1313, 2007-02-23: 09:26:00

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Britardedness

Created by: InviDoll

Pronunciation:

Sentence: "Britardedness is contageous, and travels through air. The britardedness causes the sufferer to both lose brain capacity and use the few bits that are left for the sake of spreading the britardedness only, such as humming and singing."

Etymology:

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Tuneloop

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˈtunˌlup/

Sentence: Tuneloops are often aggravated by only a partial knowledge of the lyrics.

Etymology: From tune + loop

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Loopotomy

Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: loop-ah-toe-mee

Sentence: I was trying to do the crossword today, and had a bad case of loopotomy. All I could hear in my head was "Tie me kangaroo down, sport" over and over and over...

Etymology: loop (endless repeating bit of audio) + lobotomy (Surgical incision into the frontal lobe of the brain to sever one or more nerve tracts)

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Aw geez, now that song is stuck in my head. - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-20: 06:40:00

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Tuneitus

mrskellyscl

Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: tune-i-tus

Sentence: After chaperoning her daughter's girl scout troop to a very loud Myley Cyrus concert Marylin found that she had developed a serious case of tuneitus. She doesn't know if she got it at the concert or from the girls singing the same song over and over in the bus, but now she couldn't get rid of it. After looking up her symptoms on Web MD she found to her horror that the only cure for tuneitus is to think of an equally droll song or else to try to pass the songworm to someone else by singing it outloud. It was cruel, she knew, but she had to get rid of it or she would go mad. "Harry," she called, "listen to this song the girls sang."

Etymology: tinnitus: a constant buzzing, ringing or whistling sound in one or both ears caused by an external trigger such as an ear infection or head injury + tune: the melody of a song that is simple and easy to remember

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mrskellyscl The Mr. and I pass songworms back and forth all the time. It's a great, although nasty passive-aggressive way to get even. - mrskellyscl, 2009-09-11: 06:38:00

artr I gave my wife the hamster dance song to suffer with a few years ago with several renewals. She retaliated with: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMTeytJeSp8 - artr, 2009-09-11: 12:23:00

mrskellyscl that's harsh (but funny) - mrskellyscl, 2009-09-11: 15:37:00

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Songatonia

Created by: BMott

Pronunciation: song - uh - ton -ya

Sentence: My brother made me listen to N-Sync today, and I've been suffering with terrible songatonia ever since.

Etymology: Song - Music, ditty atonia - From catatonia, a state of stupor.

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Popsick

Created by: dmitry13

Pronunciation:

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Catalyrical

Created by: Mobelia

Pronunciation:

Sentence: I'm so catalyrical after listening to Barry Manilow that I can't do anything requiring thought.

Etymology: catatonic meaning an abnormal condition variously characterized by stupor lyrics meaning words to a song

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Redunditty

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: ridənditē

Sentence: The pain sent Judy screaming to the hospital. The sound at first sounded like CARS but soon escalated to the roar of B-52s. It felt like her ear canal was full of BEATLES. The doctor diagnosed her with a case of redunditty. Though she didn*t fear MEGADEATH she thought she might go DEF LEPPARD so she sought THE CURE. The surgeon eased her pain with a LOVING SPOONFUL. She was so happy she gave the doc a KISS.

Etymology: redundancy (the state of being no longer needed or useful) + ditty (a short simple song)

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mrskellyscl love it - mrskellyscl, 2009-09-11: 05:56:00

I bet she decorates with The Hollies at Christmas and her house has lots of Doors, Troggs, Zombies and Kinks. The WHOse Who of rock bands! Groovy word! - Nosila, 2009-09-12: 00:17:00

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Loopylooping

Created by: Madamemojo

Pronunciation:

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Refrayn

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: re frayn

Sentence: Oops, she did it again, that annoying refrayn, that's stuck in her brain and causing her pain!

Etymology: Refrain (a part or corus of a song) & Fray (to get on one's nerve, cause friction)

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Poptarded

Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: pop-tar-ded

Sentence: Alex was rendered poptarded by his inability to think of anything but that stupid song he had heard on the radio this morning.

Etymology: pop - (i.e. pop culture) + tarded - (i.e. reduced)

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Vasumi

Created by: devi007x

Pronunciation:

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Loopeytunes

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: LOOP-e-toons

Sentence: Britney was completely loopeytoons after her stint on the cartoon show - she just couldn't think straight with songs playing continuously in her head. She stupidly thought shaving her hair off might let the music out!

Etymology: looney tunes (popular cartoon show) + loopy (crazy) + loop (continous play of audio or video track) + tunes (music)

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COMMENTS:

I think it describes the affliction very well! Besides, it sounds cute. I've got a damn loopeytune in my head now..."Mama mia let me go..." - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-20: 19:24:00

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Earwormed

Created by: bettyann9

Pronunciation: eer-wermd

Sentence: She was so earwormed she didn't even notice she had filed the tips off her fingers.

Etymology: ear + worm (wiggling through your brain)

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COMMENTS:

bzooom... that was my word ;) whatever... in german that is a common saying "i got an earworm"... in german "ohrwurm" - jonobo, 2007-05-12: 11:44:00

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Repetitunitis

Created by: dovey1

Pronunciation: rE pet ti tune Itis

Sentence: I have been suffering all day with a very bad case of repetitunitis.

Etymology: repeti for repetitive -pertaining to or characterized by repetition. tun for tune- to put a musical instrument in tune (often fol. by up). to give forth a musical sound. to be in harmony or accord; become responsive. itis for itis-a suffix used in pathological terms that denote inflammation of an organ (bronchitis; gastritis; neuritis) and hence, in extended senses, nouns denoting abnormal states or conditions, excesses, tendencies, obsessions, etc. (telephonitis; baseballitis).

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COMMENTS:

Excellent first attempt,dovey1, welcome aboard! - Nosila, 2009-09-11: 23:35:00

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Poploopy

Created by: paintergrl1313

Pronunciation:

Sentence: I'm completely poploopy with this darn song in my head!

Etymology: Pop: Pop song, Loopy: crazy & the song is on a loop

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Ineptitune

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: in-ep-ti-tune

Sentence: Because he was unable to get that song out of his head, Bob got demoted for ineptitune.

Etymology: ineptitude, tune

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Lyricloop

Created by: quippingqueen

Pronunciation: leer/ic/loop

Sentence: The doctor diagnosed it as "Lyricloop Syndrome" which could only be cured by beta-brain blockers and a week's holiday in a warm spot without access to an iPod, steel drums, or a karaoke machine.

Etymology: lyric (song) + loop (something that continues endlessly)

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Doobeedoodeerangement

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: doo bee doo dee rainj ment

Sentence: her defence team alleged that she was in a state of doobeedoodeerangement when she mounted the kerb.

Etymology: doo bee doo bee doo (f. sinatra), derangement

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Ha! Good one! - Osomatic, 2007-02-20: 15:18:00

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Restrictuned

Created by: Javeson1

Pronunciation: re-strick-tooned

Sentence: I spend much of my time restrictuned by awful songs I can't even remember the words to.

Etymology: Restricted (mental capacity) + tune

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Repeditty

Created by: Koekbroer

Pronunciation: re-ped-dit-ty

Sentence: "Poor, Rachel is suffering from a bout of repeditty again. Today it's Rick Astley's 'Never gonna give you up'".

Etymology: repeat + ditty

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Popstuck

Created by: toralora

Pronunciation: popp/stuk

Sentence: I woke up to the radio and I've been popstuck all day.

Etymology: pop + stuck

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Madthem

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: mad them

Sentence: It started again the rousing rendition of "Oh say can you see"...over and over again. She tried listening to all other types of music, even annoying songs, but the madthem persisted. Why did it keep haunting her? And then one day, she figured it out. She always fell asleep watching the late, late movie and at it's end, the US National anthem played until she woke up and crawled into bed. The only way to stop the madness was to go to bed earlier...and turn off the darn TV!

Etymology: Mad (affected with madness or insanity) and Anthem (a song of praise,devotion, motivation for a God, nation or cause)

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Mindoverflo

Created by: adbern

Pronunciation: mind-over-floo

Sentence: i will not hear anything anymore because i'm in a state of mindoverflo

Etymology: mind+overflo

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Backsynced

Created by: aj3131

Pronunciation: Back-sincd

Sentence: I'm totally backsynced right now.

Etymology: Back(street boys)+ (N)sync

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Dittydaze

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: dit-ee-deyz

Sentence: It's stupid. It's annoying but it is ever so catchy. Joanie can't think of anything but that horrible little commercial jingle whenever she hears it. It puts her into a dittydaze.

Etymology: ditty (a short, simple song) + daze (state of bemusement)

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Redumbdancy

Created by: iwasatripwire

Pronunciation: re-dum-dun-see

Sentence: "Tubthumping" caused such a severe case of redumbdancy that Karen was unable to study for over a week

Etymology: dumb + redundancy

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Superbubblegumcompulsivity

Created by: squirreleater

Pronunciation:

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Lyricsorbed

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: LIR-ik-zorbd

Sentence: After hearing a favorite song, Alice would often become absolutely lyricsorbed and finding herself becoming increasingly annoyed to not be able to stop repeating the song over and over in her mind thru the day.

Etymology: Blend of lyrics (the words of a song) and absorbed (engrossed; deeply interested)

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Musicrapetitive

metrohumanx

Created by: metrohumanx

Pronunciation: MUSE-ick-CRAP-pet-a- tiff

Sentence: Bald-headed John drove around the block too many times, with his ugly euro-pod Toyota blaring annoying subsonic vibrations which were intelligible only to him. He got a gold tooth and called everyone "Dawg" but was ulimately shunned by his peers. As he lay in bed with no hopes of consummating his puerile desires, many stanzas of bogus "samples" and heathen drumbeats drilled into his head like a tasteless, regrettable tattoo.

Etymology: Gran Torino.

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COMMENTS:

Cheers, Dawg... - Nosila, 2009-09-11: 01:08:00

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Abducical

pedrofpardo

Created by: pedrofpardo

Pronunciation: /abˈdʌkzɪkl/

Sentence: This song is totally abducical. I can't think in anything else.

Etymology: Abduction (from Latin abduct-, abducere ‘lead away’) + Musical (▶adjective, relating to or accompanied by music)

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Popaloop

theyellowbunny

Created by: theyellowbunny

Pronunciation:

Sentence: "Oops I Did It Again" gave Anna a mean popaloop after she read Britney Spears' latest fiasco.

Etymology:

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Mindpop

Created by: allwise

Pronunciation: maain-pop

Sentence: Her mindpop had gotten really out of hand, she had gone from rolling it ouround inside the head to humming it aloud; and she just knew that soon she would be dancing the macarena in her cubicle!

Etymology: mind - as in nut, brain, wits or head if you will. pop - as in pop-music and headoverloadexplosion.

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COMMENTS:

petaj Sounds painful - petaj, 2007-02-20: 03:01:00

Crap! That "Join" button looks exactly like the "Create" button. Not trying to steal your thunder, Allwise. - ErWenn, 2007-02-20: 08:28:00

No worries ErWenn, were you going to sign up with the name mindpop? ;-) - allwise, 2007-02-21: 02:06:00

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Cerebuttune

Created by: w5lf9s

Pronunciation: ce.re.but.toon

Sentence: I think, badada, it was, yeah, yeah, perhaps, doodidada, it was, bahdoo, bahdaa, probably it was, dababada, ahem, sorry, tell me again - what was the question? - You're cerebuttuned, aren't you?

Etymology: cerebral (related to the brain)+ butt (as in to butt against) + tune

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Musetardation

Created by: chickenassassin

Pronunciation: myewz-tard-a-shun

Sentence:

Etymology:

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Ahamorrage

Created by: alphabetapolothology

Pronunciation: a-HA-morrage

Sentence: The ahamorrage became worse and worse until she could do nothing but stare into space and mumble "take on me, take me on."

Etymology: The 80's band A-ha & hemorrage.

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Repetipop

erasmus

Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: re pet ee pop

Sentence: colin had been stuck in the lift and could not get that repetipop song out of his head, in the end he started singing "I know a song that will get on your nerves" to try and forget it.

Etymology: from repetition and pop

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Tunacy

emd2k3

Created by: emd2k3

Pronunciation: toon-a-see

Sentence: Thanks to Gwen Stefani, I'm mired in my own state of tunacy.

Etymology: Tune, Lunacy

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Riffthead

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: riff/ted

Sentence: She was so riffthead that the same annoying riff recycled over and over in her head

Etymology: riff + head + gifted

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Psychoral

CharlieB

Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: si-kor-al

Sentence: Her mum had switched the station again. When the alarm radio went off, Mary woke to the Sunday Service and 'Holy, Holy, Holy.' It stuck in her head all day. Since she was a fan of Cradle of Filth, for her this was a form of psychoral torture.

Etymology: psyche (of the soul or mind) + choral (a slow stately hymn tune)

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Earwormed

Created by: jonobo

Pronunciation: eer-wermd

Sentence: She was so earwormed she didn't even notice she had filed the tips off her fingers.

Etymology: ear + worm (wiggling through your brain)

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bzooom... that was my word ;) whatever... in german that is a common saying "i got an earworm"... in german "ohrwurm" - jonobo, 2007-05-12: 11:44:00

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Rehasheesh

Created by: tommyboy

Pronunciation: duh

Sentence: i keep rehasheeshing that stupidass song from the \"We are Baltimore\" commercial.

Etymology: what do you think?

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COMMENTS:

sweet! - tommyboy, 2009-09-13: 23:18:00

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-02-20: 00:00:01
Today's definition was suggested by w5lf9s.
Thank you w5lf9s! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-02-20: 00:00:01
Today's definition was suggested by w5lf9s.
Thank you w5lf9s! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-02-20: 00:00:01
Today's definition was suggested by w5lf9s.
Thank you w5lf9s! ~ James

ErWenn - 2007-02-20: 08:30:00
That "Join" button looks exactly like the "Create" button. There should be some obvious indicator that you're not clicking on the same thing you click on every day. The page looks nearly identical, and I know I'm not the first person to accidentally join a group.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-02-20: 15:20:00
Hey ErWenn, Yes, I think you're right. I have removed the "join group" button. Players are now required to create a unique word before it can be saved. (Plus, as an added bonus, I have taken your name off the creators list for allwise's word, which you "accidentally" joined. Now you can go ahead and create your own word for the day.) Thanks ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2011-01-27: 00:00:00
Today's definition was suggested by w5lf9s. Thank you w5lf9s. ~ James

Koekbroer - 2012-05-22: 01:45:00