Question of the Day #406

"The song is imaginative and catchy, and it transforms Simba’s preening self-regard into such a hummable earworm that it’s easy enough to buy into everything he proclaims."
From the third paragraph of this article at Vox.

上記の文で、earwormの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "earworm" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、


話〉頭から抜けない［頭の中で何度も繰り返される・耳にこびりついて離れない］音［曲・メロディ・歌］

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

a song or melody that keeps repeating in one's mind

Etymology/語源

Dictionary.comによると、

1980~1985年ごろ。ドイツ語のohrwurm（「ノリのいい曲、earwig（ハサミムシ）」の意）から。

According to Dictionary.com :

1980–85; loan translation of German Ohrwurm ‘catchy tune, earwig’

Examples

• The earworm, which rose to popularity in 2018, mixed animation and two human kids dancing out the story of a shark family, K-pop style. — Abbi Matheson, BostonGlobe.com, "Doo doo doo doo doo doo: ‘Baby Shark Live!’ is coming to Boston this fall," 10 July 2019
• At the theme parks, a lot of the rides will load the hordes into boats that float through movie scenes or saddle you with an earworm. — Jim Webster, Twin Cities, "In Orlando or Anaheim for a Disney vacation? Explore the cities beyond the gates, too," 29 June 2019
• “Cups” has had the unlikeliest of journeys to summer earworm.
• The newer sense of "earworm" is actually influenced by the German word for this phenomenon—a word that translates to "earworm."
• Scientists claim to have found a way to help anyone plagued by earworms – those annoying tunes that lodge themselves inside ourheads.