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DEFINITION: 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.
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Simpstupid
Created by: Gionuzzo
Pronunciation: SIMP stoo pid
Sentence: Jerry, after studying for his SATs for the last 22 hours straight, was completely confident with his ability to do well. Unfortunately, he sunk into a simpstupid when he heard the girl across from him singing Public Affair. He couldn't get that stupid song out of his head, and he ended up scoring only about 200.
Etymology: Jessica Simpson + stupid
Bubbledumb
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: BUHB-buhl-duhm
Sentence: Alex began to wonder if his romantic failings were the result of a piece of bubbledumb lodged in his head since 1987.
Etymology: bubble-gum (pop music) + dumb
Stupiditty
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: stew pid ittee
Sentence: she was pretty such a pity 'bout the ditty induced stupiditty
Etymology: stupidity, ditty.
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COMMENTS:
Good lyricling. You get my vote. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-08-18: 18:03:00
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Debassment
Created by: jesster
Pronunciation: de - base - ment
Sentence: As George scored the neurobiology exam, he discovered one of the most severe case of debassment he had ever seen. A student had answered every question only with the phrase "Insane in the membrane."
Etymology: debasement (to reduce in quality or value) + bass (guitar)
Brainfartpop
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: breyn-fart-pop
Sentence: She laid awake with the "Popcorn" song from her childhood repeating ad nauseum in her head, which was at least moderatley tolerable. Her boyfriend suffered from brainfartpop too, last week he was dealing with Falco's "Der Kommissar".
Etymology: brain fart (moment of dementia) + pop (as in pop music)
Synapping
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: sin-app-ing
Sentence: Sinead was synapping, her toes tapping and her fingers snapping to the cringeworthy pop tune. But no matter how hard she tried she couldn't snap out of it to work on her tax return.
Etymology: snap (your fingers to the beat) + synapse (connections in your brain) + nap (sleep)
Incompoptence
Created by: sweetclarity
Pronunciation: In-com-pop-tence.
Sentence: They threatened to fire her for incompoptence when she spent her whole workday humming 'Oops, I Did It Again!' instead of answering the phone.
Etymology:
Repecancion
Created by: akvoD3
Pronunciation: REHP-eh-can-shun
Sentence:
Etymology: repeat + cancion (Spanish)
Spearzishness
Created by: mythman
Pronunciation: SPEER-zish-ness
Sentence: In a fit of spearzishness, she offered herself to every breathing person there.
Etymology: Britney Spears, who didn't allow her mental capacity to evolve past high-school, gave us a perfect example of the spearzishness of unattended children.