@HellenBach

What is an ear worm?

11:40AM Mon, June 25 2012

@williamstafford

A tune or partial tune you can't get out of your head.

11:41AM Mon, June 25 2012

@clairabellejp

it's when you get a song stuck in your head.

11:41AM Mon, June 25 2012

@galaxygal88 Hampshire, UK

Bigger than an ear wig?

11:41AM Mon, June 25 2012

@AtHomeInLondon London

Is it like an earwig? Just thinking....

11:41AM Mon, June 25 2012

@HellenBach

Ah right, thank you.

11:41AM Mon, June 25 2012

@LynneONE4PEACE

really not know? :) A catchy tune that goes over and over in your head? well that is what i think lol!

11:41AM Mon, June 25 2012

@HellenBach

Thank you William

11:42AM Mon, June 25 2012

@mrsdoigy UK

You know when you get a song stuck in your head all day and can't get rid? That. #earworm

11:42AM Mon, June 25 2012

@HellenBach

Yes, that is what I am being told.

11:42AM Mon, June 25 2012

@HellenBach

Thank you x

11:42AM Mon, June 25 2012

@josephcorr Rush, Co Dublin, Ireland

When you hear a song and can't get it out of your head all day. You just keep humming/singing it and don't know why.

11:42AM Mon, June 25 2012

@RudolphUcker Thetford and Norwich, Norfolk

A song that you can't get out of your head - usually an annoying or catchy (or both) one :)

11:42AM Mon, June 25 2012

@HellenBach

apparently it's when you get a song stuck in your head.

11:42AM Mon, June 25 2012

@ceggsx

An annoying song that sticks in your head hun x

11:42AM Mon, June 25 2012

@wren154 Chigley

An earworm is a song that gets into your head somehow, seemingly out of nowhere! Occasionally cheesy and often unexpected.

11:43AM Mon, June 25 2012

@HellenBach

Apparently it is when you get a sung stuck in your head.

11:43AM Mon, June 25 2012

@LynneONE4PEACE

phew thought all these years, i must have been with the wrong programme ;) lol!

11:43AM Mon, June 25 2012

@HellenBach

Thank you

11:43AM Mon, June 25 2012

@MrsTrellis Milton Keynes

More properly earworm: that little piece of music that crawls into your head and won't go away

11:43AM Mon, June 25 2012

@HellenBach

Thanks x

11:43AM Mon, June 25 2012

@CathysMum Bristol

No EYE DEA lol

11:43AM Mon, June 25 2012

@HellenBach

Ah right, thank you.

11:43AM Mon, June 25 2012

@tonybalmforth UK & Mallorca

A tune that grows on you the more you hear it. x

11:43AM Mon, June 25 2012

@HellenBach

Apparently it is when you get a song stuck in your head. lol

11:44AM Mon, June 25 2012

@galaxygal88 Hampshire, UK

So Ear Rot is?

11:44AM Mon, June 25 2012

@HellenBach

When you describe it like, I see how that works. thank you

11:44AM Mon, June 25 2012

@MrsTrellis Milton Keynes

Any time :)

11:45AM Mon, June 25 2012

@HellenBach

Interesting, most people have said that its an annoying song you cant get out of your head.

11:45AM Mon, June 25 2012

@CathysMum Bristol

Hmm Yea -good description.

11:45AM Mon, June 25 2012

@HellenBach

Yes once someone explains it, it makes sense. I guess it's one of these modern sayings :-)

11:46AM Mon, June 25 2012

@SimonEllicott

~ degenerate music that 'worms' its way into your subconsciousness & you find yourself humming it, like the Floral Dance ;)

11:47AM Mon, June 25 2012

@HellenBach

rofl cheeky!!! at least you didn't say "The Hippopotamus song"

11:48AM Mon, June 25 2012

@mfraz74

http://t.co/Elv4ErpH

11:50AM Mon, June 25 2012

@Sarah_racewear Lacock, Wiltshire

@hellenbach Thanks a bunch Simon.... guess what I am humming to in my head......!!!

11:51AM Mon, June 25 2012

@tonybalmforth UK & Mallorca

Funny that, Hells. I've really only heard it as a positive thing.

11:56AM Mon, June 25 2012

@SimonEllicott

@hellenbach Could be worse Sarah... http://t.co/FDShIVGT

12:06PM Mon, June 25 2012

@LynneONE4PEACE

Hey Hellen, I wonder if i could give you a bell.. i have been trying to raise funds for @yestolife (for me and other patients)

12:33PM Mon, June 25 2012

@LynneONE4PEACE

raise awareness of cancer vaccines/kinder treatments.. they work,NHS used to have them.I wld b so grateful http://t.co/53UiMdM6

12:34PM Mon, June 25 2012

@HellenBach

I will DM you.

12:35PM Mon, June 25 2012

@LynneONE4PEACE

here is my video blog 1) http://t.co/QQR6i4PT israel 2) NHS http://t.co/azqjTtTl found out have this. ...

12:37PM Mon, June 25 2012

@LynneONE4PEACE

me talking at fundraising event with Robin @yestolife talking about my journey+ GOOD NEWS 4 all patients 3) http://t.co/Q5Q5w8sJ

12:38PM Mon, June 25 2012

@LynneONE4PEACE

wonderful just saw this xx

12:38PM Mon, June 25 2012

@Choc_lit UK

don't know, but I don't want one!

12:39PM Mon, June 25 2012

@HellenBach

apparently it is a song that goes round and round in your head.

12:55PM Mon, June 25 2012

@sueb124

a song that you hear once, perhaps in the morning and you.end up singing /humming it all day

1:05PM Mon, June 25 2012

@HellenBach

Thank you , the one thing not everyone can agree on is whether it is a good or bad thing, so I reckon it can be both or either

1:12PM Mon, June 25 2012

@gymjamjan oxfordshire

its a tune you just can't get out of your head and no matter what you just keep singing it!

2:01PM Mon, June 25 2012

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What is an ear worm?

A tune or partial tune you can't get out of your head.

it's when you get a song stuck in your head.

Bigger than an ear wig?

Is it like an earwig? Just thinking....

Ah right, thank you.

really not know? :) A catchy tune that goes over and over in your head? well that is what i think lol!

Thank you William

You know when you get a song stuck in your head all day and can't get rid? That. #earworm

Yes, that is what I am being told.

Thank you x

When you hear a song and can't get it out of your head all day. You just keep humming/singing it and don't know why.

A song that you can't get out of your head - usually an annoying or catchy (or both) one :)

apparently it's when you get a song stuck in your head.

An annoying song that sticks in your head hun x

An earworm is a song that gets into your head somehow, seemingly out of nowhere! Occasionally cheesy and often unexpected.

Apparently it is when you get a sung stuck in your head.

*phew* thought all these years, i must have been with the wrong programme ;) lol!

Thank you

More properly earworm: that little piece of music that crawls into your head and won't go away

Thanks x

No EYE DEA lol

Ah right, thank you.

A tune that grows on you the more you hear it. x

Apparently it is when you get a song stuck in your head. *lol*

So Ear Rot is?

When you describe it like, I see how that works. thank you

Any time :)

Interesting, most people have said that its an annoying song you cant get out of your head.

Hmm Yea -good description.

Yes once someone explains it, it makes sense. I guess it's one of these modern sayings :-)

~ degenerate music that 'worms' its way into your subconsciousness &amp; you find yourself humming it, like the Floral Dance ;)

*rofl* cheeky!!! at least you didn't say "The Hippopotamus song"

http://t.co/Elv4ErpH

@hellenbach Thanks a bunch Simon.... guess what I am humming to in my head......!!!

Funny that, Hells. I've really only heard it as a positive thing.

@hellenbach Could be worse Sarah... http://t.co/FDShIVGT

Hey Hellen, I wonder if i could give you a bell.. i have been trying to raise funds for @yestolife (for me and other patients)

raise awareness of cancer vaccines/kinder treatments.. they work,NHS used to have them.I wld b so grateful http://t.co/53UiMdM6

I will DM you.

here is my video blog 1) http://t.co/QQR6i4PT israel 2) NHS http://t.co/azqjTtTl found out have this. ...

me talking at fundraising event with Robin @yestolife talking about my journey+ GOOD NEWS 4 all patients 3) http://t.co/Q5Q5w8sJ

wonderful just saw this xx

don't know, but I don't want one!

apparently it is a song that goes round and round in your head.

a song that you hear once, perhaps in the morning and you.end up singing /humming it all day

Thank you , the one thing not everyone can agree on is whether it is a good or bad thing, so I reckon it can be both or either

its a tune you just can't get out of your head and no matter what you just keep singing it!

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phew thought all these years, i must have been with the wrong programme ;) lol!

Apparently it is when you get a song stuck in your head. lol

~ degenerate music that 'worms' its way into your subconsciousness & you find yourself humming it, like the Floral Dance ;)

rofl cheeky!!! at least you didn't say "The Hippopotamus song"