Timeline for What's the word for a piece of catchy melody in a music?
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| Apr 15, 2022 at 15:21 | comment | added | Lambie | catchy phrase is not for music. | |
| Apr 10, 2022 at 2:36 | vote | accept | Michael | ||
| Apr 10, 2022 at 2:35 | vote | accept | Michael | ||
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| Apr 9, 2022 at 19:11 | answer | added | 6reg | timeline score: -1 | |
| Apr 9, 2022 at 1:52 | answer | added | the-baby-is-you | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 8, 2022 at 18:32 | comment | added | J... | @mckenzm For completeness, in English we exclusively use the form earworm, mirroring the German, for a catchy song. "Earwig" in English always means strictly the insect. | |
| Apr 8, 2022 at 10:50 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | The long-established collocation catchy refrain has the advantage of making it clear only part of the song has this characteristic. And the "catchy" part would usually be a "refrain" (or part of it), so it should suit most contexts. | |
| Apr 8, 2022 at 10:18 | answer | added | user7748441 | timeline score: -3 | |
| Apr 8, 2022 at 6:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglishLL/status/1512309278476013569 | ||
| Apr 8, 2022 at 5:34 | comment | added | mckenzm | Riff, Earworm, (from Ohrwürmer, German, which should make it Earwig in English). Hook is correct in context (Check out my hook... Ice, Ice Baby). We speak of the million dollar riff... | |
| Apr 8, 2022 at 2:45 | answer | added | SegNerd | timeline score: 7 | |
| Apr 7, 2022 at 23:35 | answer | added | Stacker Lee | timeline score: 3 | |
| Apr 7, 2022 at 23:17 | answer | added | gwelter | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 7, 2022 at 22:19 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Apr 7, 2022 at 14:32 | answer | added | Michael Harvey | timeline score: 41 | |
| Apr 7, 2022 at 14:20 | answer | added | Mohsen Sadi | timeline score: 8 | |
| Apr 7, 2022 at 14:14 | history | asked | Michael | CC BY-SA 4.0 |