-- BONOVERDOSE (n.) Current inescapability of a certain messianic, self-obsessed rock star who refuses to walk on.
-- RAP-RESENTATIVE (n.) The requisite hip-hop ambassador brought in to lend ''street cred'' to an uninspired performance by an insipid pop group (see Jay-Z and 'N Sync at the Grammys).
-- CINEMA PUBERTE (n.) A movie movement in which theatrically untrained teen-pop stars test the limits of filmgoers' goodwill and tolerance (e.g., Britney Spears' and Mandy Moore's latest).
-- LABELLE-Y-ACHE (n.) Intestinal distress brought on by prolonged exposure to an overdone ''Marmalade'' of diva histrionics (see Grammy performers Mya, Lil' Kim, Pink, and Christina Aguilera).
-- 'N ORBIT (n.) Where improbable levels of pop success will eventually get you (see Lance Bass' now-scuttled plan to go into space with the Russians).
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