ear candy en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
Etymology
Likely analogous to eye candy.
Meanings
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(US, colloquial, uncountable) Light popular music that has an instant appeal but no lasting impact or significance.
Mumba's music is ear candy: it crunches, it bubbles, it melts in the mouth.
2000 November 27, Christopher John Farley, “Irish Spring”, in Time, →ISSN, archived from the original on 12 Aug 2014:I wanted it to just be something fun to listen to, like ear candy. I think that's what we got.
2013, Mathew Klickstein, quoting Rachel Sweet, Slimed!, Penguin, →ISBN, page 129:
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Translations (4)
fi hissimusiikki (light popular music that has an instant appeal but no lasting impact or significance) · pl muzyka dla czyichś uszu (light popular music that has an instant appeal but no lasting impact or significance) · sv örongodis (light popular music that has an instant appeal but no lasting impact or significance) · fi korvakarkki (light popular music that has an instant appeal but no lasting impact or significance)