Wordfly- Buzz!!!!!

Sunday, September 24, 2006

I've heard "earworms" are songs stuck in the head. I think I've contracted a variation of this mind virus. Of late, I have random words that keep buzzing in my mind. I've been observing and its not a word that I read or heard around the time that this word pops in my mind. Out of the blue, it has made an appearance and buzzes around like a fly. It doesnt go away even if I were to use it when I speak or write on a daily basis- obviously it doesnt support a use-and-lose policy. There's no determinable fix as far as I've seen, after a while the fly just buzzes away till a new one surfaces, again- out of the blue.

For example- right now the word-of-the-mind is nom-de-plume. I mean, come on, its not that I can randomly start up a conversation about Eleanor Hibbert and smoothly state "Oh, her nom-de-plume was Victoria Holt or Jean Plaidy". Sounds way too fake. And I havent read any of her books in a long time now.

Before this one was chagrin. And the one before that was nonchalant.

Geez, I dont know where I pick 'em up from. To an outsider, it almost sounds like I am preparing for my TOEFL or some such thing.

Science, I hear, is yet to find a tried and tested solution to get rid of earworms. I am sure its going to be a while before they get to working on wordflies(which btw, is a term I coined- rather like my version of earworms). I have to resort to home remedies to find a fix for this wordfly and until then I shall continue to string along sentences with these high-strung words in a desperate attempt to rid my mind of this annoyance.

Maybe I should try the transmogrifier and have Calvin mutate it into an earworm. At least that is an established virus. Better a known virus than an unknown bacteria?

Calvin- HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



1 mint(s) of wisdom:

Anonymous said...

You know, I have been around reading this one of your blogs for some time now :)

But I never did comment :)

I m shy ;D

Now at least you have some ENGLISH words fixed to your mind and they DO mean something right? :)!!
BUT ME? I have all the wrong ones fixed.. and that too I have no idea what they mean :(

Like [I am a Kerallaaite] - annamutta [anna-elephant mutta-egg What does this mean? and whenever I contradict with anyone at home [except dad ofcourse] I use this.. my mom hates me for this.. but I can't help it :)