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From Ohr(“ear”) + Wurm(“worm”). In ancient times, dried and ground animals of the order Dermaptera were used to treat ear diseases, which resulted in the Late Latin name auricula. Later the name was in error explained as “worm that enters the ear”.
Ich darf den Ohrwurm oder Ohrgrübler (Forficula auricularia) nicht vergessen. Wer jemals die prächtige Schlingpflanze mit dunkelblauen Glocken, welche die Botaniker Cobaea scandens nennen, gepflanzt und gezogen hat, der wird sich auch des Aergers erinnern, welchen ihm die Ohrwürmer gemacht haben.
I must not forget the earwig or (Forficula auricularia). Those who have ever planted and cultivated that magnificent twiner with dark blue bells which botanists call Cobaea scandens, those will remember the trouble the earwigs gave them.
(informal)earworm(a tune that pops up in one's memory all of the time)
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Ein Mittel gegen den Ohrwurm soll sein, ein anderes Lied zu singen, also mitunter einen neuen Ohrwurm.
A supposed remedy for an earworm is to sing another song, that is, a potential new earworm.
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