The title of a Deep Turtle song (from the record There's a Vomitsprinkler in My Liverriver
).
The bassist with the band explained me the meaning of the name after a gig in 2002. The word refers to a certain German expression, Ohrwurm, which translates accurately as earworm
. It means a song which you hear (maybe just once), and which then promptly lodges inside your head for the rest of the day. The puny worm was replaced with something greater -- a centipede -- and the spelling mangled to resemble mock-Norwegian ... or something.
The ørsentipede also has a visual appearance, which graces a t-shirt design promoting the band. It resembles a long, sleek centipede with a bunch of feelers protruding from its head. Not exactly something I would like to have inside my ear, thank you.