We all have those days when we can't get a song out of our heads but today has been one of those few days when I can't get a word out of my head. That word is..."milk-toast." God knows why it's in my head but it keeps popping up. A little while ago the word was "recalcitrant," which, let's face it, is kind of an awesome word. Other examples have been amiable, insipid, and Irondequoit (which I know is a city, but it's just so darn fun to say). My solution for getting a particularly annoying song out of my head is to sing "The Banana Boat Song" instead, but I have yet to find a remedy for eradicating a word out of my noggin. That reminds me, "eradicate" gets stuck in my head too. Any suggestions? Does anyone else have this problem?
The only reason I can think why this happens is because I read an inordinate amount of books. Notice the words "mouse" or "chew" don't get stuck in my head--it's the SAT words that stick. I'm not going to be modest, my vocabulary is quite expansive, but could this be the reason why these multi-syllabic words get stuck and don't leave? I may never know, but at least I can sing "The Banana Boat Song" in a last-ditch attempt to erase my milk-toast mind of all crazy words...
Come Mr. Tally Man, tally me bananas,
Daylight come and me want to go home!
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