earworm

Etymology
From ; senses 1 and 3 (“tune that keeps replaying in one’s head”; “earwig”) are a (from the idea of a creature burrowing into the ear, an erroneous belief where earwigs are concerned), while sense 2 (“moth larva”) refers to the fact that these pests infest, among other things, ears of maize or sweet corn.

Noun

 * 1) A tune that keeps replaying in one's head or that one keeps thinking about, especially if unwanted.
 * 2)   (“larva of the moths  (syn. ) and, which are agricultural pests”).
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Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 耳蟲
 * Danish: ørehænger
 * Dutch:
 * Faroese: landaplága
 * Finnish:, päässä soiva kappale
 * German:
 * Hungarian: dallamtapadás
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese: música chiclete
 * Russian: навязчивая мело́дия
 * Scottish Gaelic: èist-bhèist
 * Serbo-Croatian: muzika u glavi
 * Spanish: pegadizo (as in "canción pegadiza", "melodía pegadiza", "estribillo pegadizo")
 * Swedish: öronmask
 * Tamil: காதுப்புழு
 * Vietnamese: sâu tai