ear rape

English

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Etymology

From ear +‎ rape, metaphorically referring to an unwanted assault on the listener's ears.

Noun

ear rape (countable and uncountable, plural ear rapes)

ear rape from playing a data tape as audio
  1. (slang, derogatory, often offensive, uncountable) Highly unpleasant or cacophonous sounds or music.
    Synonym: cacophony
    Coordinate term: eyerape
  2. (slang, humorous, often offensive, uncountable) An act of deliberately increasing the volume of the audio of music, often for humorous effect.
  3. (slang, derogatory, countable) An instance of a highly unpleasant audio or song.

Verb

ear rape (third-person singular simple present ear rapes, present participle ear raping, simple past and past participle ear raped)

  1. (slang, derogatory, often offensive) To be exposed to loud, unpleasant audio.

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