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Headphone Syndrome 

Someone attempting to speak to one another while listening to ear bleedingly loud music through their headphones.
Guy 1: Hey dude did you hear about Katie?
Guy 2: WHAT?!?
Guy 1: Are you retarded?
Guy 2: YEAH!. (turns off music) I'm sorry what?
Guy 1: Damn, must be headphone syndrome.

Headphone Syndrome 

When someone has thier headphones on and they are too friggin loud they have to yell to talk
1: Hey do you wanna go to the movies?

2:WHAT?

1. I said do you want to go to the movies?

2. I'M SORRY I CAN'T HEAR YOU WHAT?

1. Forget it man, you have a bad case of Headphone Syndrome

Office Headphone Syndrome 

When many colleagues in the office wear headphones almost constantly, appearing busy and unavailable for collaboration.
My team at work has office headphone syndrome. We work in the same room and supposed to collaborate with each other, but many people wear headphones almost constantly while working on the computer and appear busy and inaccessible. It's awkward to constantly ask them to take off their headphones, so they're effectively absent, as if they're working remotely.

Headphone Neck Syndrome

A rare medical condition requiring one to wear headphones around his or her neck at all times. Especially common among Western young adult/teenage males and promoters within the entertainment industry.
Young Adult 1: What's Mike got on his neck? Looks like a big chunk of metal.
Young Adult 2: Oh, he's got Headphone Neck Syndrome.
Young Adult 1: Is it contagious?
Young Adult 2: Very! The Beats by Dre type is the most common form of this blight.
Headphone Neck Syndrome by Bansky September 12, 2013
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